Lieut. Shackieton may Lead Another Expedition

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12732, 30 March 1909, Page 5

Lieut. Shackieton may Lead Another Expedition

(Per United Preaa Association.) CHRIS 1 CHURCH, March 29. Lieut Siiackleton has not yet decidedwhether he will make further Antarctic exploration, but the probabilities are that the next expedition in the direction of the South Pole will be led by him. For a final lash for the pole, however, mo--e elaborate arrangements .will be made. The supporting parties will be bigger, the number of depots larger, anJ the appliances mor3 complete. Lieut. Shackleton is naturally nmch disappointed at failing to reach the pole when only 97 miles off, but the plight °1 the email party was so desperafe that it was either death or return. Those who know Lieut. Shackleton say that had he been alone he would have pushed on at all hazards. He informed a reporter that the matter of reaching the pole was by no means an impossibility, but better equipment was required than what he was provided with. From what he saw of the surrounding country the situation of the pole would be somewhere on the high plateau discovered by his expedition. This plateau is very irregular and makes very hard travelling, and, further, from its altitude is swept by severe blizzards, which are one of the worst difficulties encountered. Regarding the Nimrod, Lieut. Shackleton stated that she was to go back to England.