ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20361, 19 July 1934, Page 1

ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

Oxford Undergraduates Hope to Visit Grant Land. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, July 17. An 6xpeditior consisting of 5 members of the Oxford Exploration Club has sailed from London in the 100-ton Norway sealer Signal Horn, in which thev are proceeding to Ellesmere Land, in f ' e Canadian Arctic. The party, which is led by Dr Noel Humphreys, will attempt the first sledge journey across the glaciers into Grant Land, an unexplored area to the north. A geographical survey will be made and scientific data collected. Winter quarters will be established about 500 miles from the North Pole. The expedition has been organised by a son of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous explorer, and is being financially helped by the Royal Geographical Society, Oxford University and the Canadian Government. In recent years the Oxford Exploration Club, which fs an undergraduate organisation, has sent expeditions to many parts of the world, including Spitsbergen, Lapland, Pacific Isles and British Guiana.