POLAR TESTS.
SIR E. SHACKLETON'S PLANS
(Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright. (London Times and Sydney Sun Services, \ LONDON, May 6.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and five members*^ of his expedition are going to the Norway glaciers, where blizzards, similar to those experienced m the Antarctic, are common. They will test motor sledges, wear Polar kits, and exist on sledging, rations. Their vessel, the Endurance, arrives at London tliis month. She is a beautiful specimen of wooden shipbuilding. The Aurora will be delivered at Hobart at the end of August and will sail for the Antarctic m November. Most of the expedition will sail by the Endurance m August.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13374, 7 May 1914, Page 3
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