SHACKLETON'S SHIP
RETURN TO SCOTLAND GREENLAND EXPEDITION (Received September 10, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Sept. 9 Sir Ernest Shackleton's famous ship Quest, which was chartered by the British East Greenland expedition this summer to transport a party and stores and to carry out exploration in the Arctic reached Aberdeen this afternoon.'lt is reported that at one time the ship was in such great danger from the ice that preparations were made to abandon her. Among those who returned . to-day was Mr. Augustine Courtauld, for whom great anxiety arose a few years ago when he wintered alone at a northern post and was found by his companions with difficulty in the following spring. On the present voyage he was accompanied by his wife. The leader of the expedition, Mr. L. R. Wager, and several members have remained behind in Greenland for the winter. It is expected that their meteorological aiiid other observations will be of great value in connection with possible air routes across Greenland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22211, 11 September 1935, Page 13
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