MR J. FOSTER STACKHOUSE. Mr Stackhouse, who is a nephew of the late Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, the famous physician, will take out the new British Antarctic Expedition, which is to start n< xt year. The objective of Mr Stackhouse and his colleagues will be King Edward VII Land, and the unknown area to the east of it. King Edward’s Land was discovered by Captain Scott in 1902. The explorer, however, did not land there, and, although the territory bears tne name of an English sovereign, no Englishman, so far as is known, has ever trodden its soil.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 40 (Supplement)
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97MR J. FOSTER STACKHOUSE. Mr Stackhouse, who is a nephew of the late Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, the famous physician, will take out the new British Antarctic Expedition, which is to start n< xt year. The objective of Mr Stackhouse and his colleagues will be King Edward VII Land, and the unknown area to the east of it. King Edward’s Land was discovered by Captain Scott in 1902. The explorer, however, did not land there, and, although the territory bears tne name of an English sovereign, no Englishman, so far as is known, has ever trodden its soil. Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 40 (Supplement)
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