ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
It seems that the cause of South Polar exploration must suffer because of that " undeveloped danger " which necessitates a large increase of the British navy. Tlje London Times is a warm friend of Antarctic discovery, and in its issue of Dec. 22, last it stated: — "We learn with regret that the First Lord of the Admiralty has intimated that he would rather not receive a deputation at the present time on the subject of the renewal of Antarctic exploration under Government auspices. This intimation will disappoint a wide body of representatives of science and of scientific societies all over the kingdom, who were 'ready to wait Upon the First Lord as soon as it was convenient. We believe that the reason for not receiving a deputation is that all the men and all the resources of the navy are at present required to place- our fleet in a state of efficiency. Mr Goschen- expresses himself as quite sympathetic towards Antarctic exploration,' and this gives hope that in more favourable times he would be prepared to consider the advisability of an Antarctic expedition."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5462, 14 January 1896, Page 3
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