ANTARCTIC HEROES.
, THE SCOTT DISASTER. SHACKLETOFS : PLANS. THE MAWSON EXPEDITION. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received Mf.y 20, 12.10. a.m.) .
'"'...,... London,. May 19. .'(>; an address before the Geographical Society yesterday, Lord .Ourzon • said thai; Captain Scott's tragedy had cast ' a cloud over the brilliance of other Antarctic achievements.
If Sir Ernest Shackleton carried out his Napoleonic conception, he would 1 add a final wreath to the others with which, he was crowned.
At the dinner in the evening, Mr. Douglas Freshfield, the. president, described Dr. Ms.wson'b journey Tom'tho scientific standpoint as being- tho most fruitful of all' the Antarctic expeditions. • Dr. Mawson responded to the toast of "The Guests," an<3 said that finance was the real trouble with these expeditions. He hoped to' 1 give a precise account of his journey on June 9. The accounts hitherto published in London had been of a meagre character.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 9
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