ANOTHER MEMBER INTERVIEWED.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12184, 27 March 1909, Page 5

ANOTHER MEMBER INTERVIEWED.

SHACKLETON'S AND DAVID'S

HARDSHIPS

NORTHERN PARTY'S NARROW

ESCAPE

CHRISTCHURCH, March 25. Another member of the expeditio says when the Nimrod reached the bas after leaving Lyttelton last December there were only three men in the hu: Messrs Joyce, Marston and Day, wli had been laying down depots. Tl] northern party, which discovered th magnetic pole, viz., Professor Davic Dr. Mackay, and Mr. Mawson, wei given up as hopelessly lost by the shij as they were long overdue. The shi searched 300 miles off the coast line an eventually picked up the party in a li tie inlet of Drygaleki" Barrier. The had had a very rough time. They on! arrived there the night before and wei staying in the hope of being picked v] It was the biggest piece of luck of tl world that we managed to find then They were due back in January, and was then February 4th. After landir them at the hut the ship proceeded i the great ice barrier to search for Lieu Shackleton's southern party, whic should have been back by Februai 15th. The Nimrod got a severe grue' ing in going round and many days we occupied about between the Discovei hut and the base hut waiting for them 1 turn up. All hope of seeing them aga was abandoned. As it turned out tin were not picked up until March Ist ai were found through their heliographii to the ship. Only Lieut. Shackleton ar Mr. Wild could be seen, they havii eomo in after ai forced march-, to-got l lief for Dr. Marshall (who was sufferii

from dysentery) and Lieut. Adams (who was staying with him), they being camped 28 miles away. Naturally those on board received a terrible shock, thinkmg that the other two members of the party had been lost. However, the matter was quickly explained and Lieut. Ssliackleton, after getting a little to eat, set off again witk a relief party two hours later picked them up, and all retf ffy Jo the-ship at midnight on March 3rd. They were all "terribly thin, but as soon as they came on board they were given decent food and you could almost see them putting the flesh on again Everybody was tremendously proud of Lieut. Shackleton's great fu?twr nt*l° f beatjnF °aptain Scott^ rurthest south record by 366 miles.