THE ANTARCTIC.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1628, 3 May 1919, Page 11 (Supplement)

THE ANTARCTIC.

9 ANOTHER EXPEDITION. By Oplle — Press Association — Copyright. Australian and li.Z. Cable Association. (Rcc. May 3, 2.40) LONDON, April 22. Dr John L. Cope, who accompanied the 1914-17 Antarctic expedition, is leaving, England in June, 1920. i He was surgeon and biologist to the Boss" Sea party, and Was a member of the party left on the great ice barrier for the purpose of laying depots after the Aurora broke her moorings. < Dr Cope has chartered the famous ship Terra Nova, and expects to be absent six years, maintaining wireless communication. The chief objects of the expedition are to ascertain the position and extent of the mineralogical and other exceptionally valuable deposits known to exist, with a view to their development as a source of national wealth, and to obtain further evidence as to the distribution and migration of whales; with a view to furnishing the information for the benefit of British industry. It is intended to investigate the meteorological magnetic conditions of the Boss Sea area and cape, and in Enderberry Land, in connection with their influence on Australasia and South Africa respectively. That the fresh results will be of great value has been already proved by the Argentine station in the South Orkneys and the Commonwealth station at the Macquarie Islands. The expedition will take an airplane to facilitate the survey of the interior of the continent, and even contemplates a flight to the South Pole. . .