THE POLAR EXPLORERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14015, 21 September 1909, Page 2

THE POLAR EXPLORERS.

A NORTHERN FEAST. DISCOVERY OF AN OLD CAMP. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright LONDON, B<pt. '20. Professor MacMillan, one of Commander Peary's expedition, states that Commander l'eury, in his dash for iln Pole, rediscovered liis Pc i:> '.«•) camp of 11)00 and 1906 in latitude 83. The tent v<as still standing. Professor MacMillan found the camp oi the Greely expedition in latitude til. The p»rty uinea off potatoes, rhubarb and tea abandoned a quarter of a century ago. Borup, photographer of the expedition, states that the conditions were unusually favourable. It was a picnit from beginning to end compared with previous expeditions. DUE AT NOVA SCOTIA. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Commander Peary is due in Sydney (Nova Scotia) on Wednesday. CAPTAIN SCOTT AND THE SOUTH. (Received Sept. 21. 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 20. Tho Royal Geographical Society has assured Captain SeoH of its support in connection with bis Antarctic expedition.