SHACKLETON'S PLANS.
. ?a> • (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, February. 6. •Sir Ernest Shackleton has decided to .'.: purchase tlie recently-built Norwegian ice vessel Polaris. She will be' converted for the use of oil fuel and will be re-named ''Endurance," and will be" employed under Captain Davis's com- . ? mand m the Weddell Sea. The Aurora '. will probably be selected for the Ross Sea ' side, and, failing her, Commander Peary's Roosevelt is under offer. The Endurance will be manned by navy men, and the Ross Sea ship by . ■•" a merchant service captain and orderlies of the Royal Marines. The head of the Deal Motor School, an expert Alpinist, has joined the expedition. Several of Captain Scott's and Dr.'- t Mawson's companions applied for inclusion, and two of the latter have been selected for the scientific staff. (London Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables) (Received Feb. '7, .8.30' a.m.) LONDON, February 6. _, Several members of Captain; -Scott's scientific party have applied to join Shackleton's expedition. \
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 3
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