Show A M rf r f YN 7 S K L nil 41 jk 5 k I 1 X 2 X 4 aa J Y n aj 7 U W k 77 A r at I 1 qa 4 4 st 4 K kr f t 4 ar FM t IR ERNEST SHACKLE S coming trip across the anta antarctic continent bilth the south pole as a balfay hal sta tion is probably the most daring 6 houi joui jociney ney exer eer undertaken by man it reminds one of 0 the conqueror cortez burning his ships behind him on previous lous expeditions w alth ith the polo as goal the explorers have laid a sion ot of bases upon alch thea the could depend when returning sir ernest NOR push straight onward irom from sei to sea not reckoning at all on the pos si biliti t that an expedition may como come a little nay ivay to meet him for several beirs airs sir ernest held the record ot of approaching closer to the south pole than any other man lie ile feels keenly the dimming of brit ish tame fame by the exploits of 0 amundsen and pear 1 ith no more poles to conquer be might well ft ell sit down and weep neep like alexander the great greal but instead lie he has set himself this unique teat feat the news nes that sir ernest expects to come to the united states before leaving for the south seas sea a has stirred great interest among americans oyer over plans for the exploring expedition sir ernest Is ver popular here where here he has lectured it is probable that wealthy althy amer leans will add considerably consider abl to the funds of his ex pe ile he started on his last expedition in debt it took him two to bears ears after his return to I 1 aa a off this debt and it was mas hard work too this time lime he has res resolved olied not to run into debt again ile he has guaranteed by a friend whose abose name has not been made public this sum he will w ill make do it if necessary essary but he will ill be able to i arr on scientific work nork much more exten extensively shely II if lie he can obtain a further sum bum of sir ernest has announced that he be mill ft ill expert ment with aeroplane motors and propellers for grael over tho the snow this winter his laboratories to be in canada or siberia lie he hopes to perfect this noiel substitute tor for the eskimo dog which he will x ill also use and the hardi shetland poni poll besides aeroplanes aero planes and parts ol of aeroplanes aero planes shackleton will take ad advantage santago of wireless the monies prepared foods and mana man other of the newest eest ll inventions ile he believes ho he will have bao the most perfecta 3 planned expedition that cier set out and as he himself helped to equip many others expeditions and has been a member of se several sei eral he ought to know inon sir ernest shackleton Is no nov in the prime ot of life a splendid man in m physical and possessing an inspiring presence he is a born leader ile he makes all about him especially when the fire of memories of 0 the frozen south moves him ile he Is 19 forty sears ears old pictures taken of him on his antarctic trips before he has had a shaie make him appear sixt five i hile in his street clothes on the strand he be appears A inlo cirile to the layman it 11 man ma he be surprising to learn that there are square miles of unk unknown noNn terri tora tor on the continent of antarctica this glies an ida id a of the possibilities of disco discovery iery open to sir arnest more than halt half his journe Is said to be laid along a nex nc route and it if things fco 0 o right al most all ot of it aill ft ill tra traverse erse birgin fileds it is no to call it the biggest polar journe ever attempted briell stated it nill ill cross the dead continent of 0 sno mountain ranges volcanoes nd ind frightful storms from the iho side ot of the western hemisphere to the side ot of the eastern hemisphere the tha main aart will 1111 leave at buenos arab and learh it again in Christ christchurch church or some other new ew zealand city the stait nill mill be bc from argentina in october ot of this year and it if a good landing is made on the bhore ot of weddell sea in the beginning of novem her a shore larty will immediately across in this case the expedition ep edition should reach ross hoss bea on the other side by march 1915 but it if tile the shore party has hard luck it nill content itself nith laing la ing a series ot of caches and then return leburn to sea ing out again a near ear later the expedition will mill liae haie two ships tho the first which thich carries shackleton to the antarctic bouti nent will do work bork lu in tracing the shore of the con to the he debt and will go back to south america the close of navigation return ing the next ear to take up a party which will mill winter on the shore of weddell sea and carry out scientific work vork in the so called weddell quad rant long sledge journeys will be taken east and west N est of the base by this party the ship will nill approach the continent from froin the or ross oca bide and take back ch according to his ble plans it if shackleton Y K 4 X A e r OT ar 6 1 I I 1 N 1 1 t e 4 JI W 10 f r VA UK va 9 Z Z A ataki 3 zas av crosses the first season be will reach cl illation again by the middle of april 1915 avise it will be a tear jear later this second nessel essel will mill sail irom from new zealand about the same time as the M eddell sea ship sails south on oil landing at a prearranged base the second parts part will send ix a sledging expedition as tar far south as possible to latitude 83 it if practicable but this expedition will in time to go north again beffie the close alobe ot of nal gatlon gation the eppedi tion alon will endeavor end eivor to lay a series ot of depots along eliat ft hat ma mai be the last stages of Shick leton s route but shackleton will ill not depend on them in any NN wa a thea the maj mai not be laid at all it if Shick leton docant t arrhe this season the second ship will return south the flip next dear again rno months Is the time shackleton Shach leton estimates as for his bis crossing ot of the south polar continent ile ha allots ten dais tor for del is s b bliz the minimum di dibianco dis ianco siance from sei to iea bea Is 1700 miles but it is probable plo hiob bable ablo that sir ernest will tr to cocci nev nen ground throughout ghou t and so go much farther the part as sir ernest calls it will begin lib its jociney with nith logs clogs two tio sledges driben ba b aeroplane lero plane engines and an aeroplane with clipped ings to tarri over the ice hut but a large part of the vork norl of transport trans trang ft be b dogs dogs will eat theli fellon fellens flesh ponies will not motor liae have lectra found to be practical ly in the antarctic as the amount of voile put on the engine han pissing passing sur faces generally causes tile the motor to break down donn sir ernest proposes to build ili sledge larger than the usual size and on oil this to mount an aeroplane engine with an aeroplane acro plane propeller in front ile he figures that a sledge of this tion Is capable of 0 dragg dragging InT a ton at five or six miles mile an hour instead ol of one sleeping big each explorer will carry three so that when one Is iced up it can be discarded the tents will be madi of three pia pl wood stron stroll enough to a dome dorne shaped coi cohering cring of know thus insuring more the full complement of the short party will bo be 12 men and six alx lx of these will mill make the journe across both of the ships u will ill bo be fitted to burn oil instead of coal as the liquid fuel extends the radius of action and renders the vessels independent ot of ballast the ships which will carr 30 men altogether will bo be fully equipped with cages and tanks for bringing home hie penguins and seals such as have never been taken from the antarctic regions each ship will have a biologist geologist and physicist and the three from the first ship will bo be stationed in her winter quarters ou arters in the weddell W p iduss 4 4 4 sea another part of three will explore unknown tracts along the coast near the winter quarters the aeroplane with clipped wings ings will not be able to fl ali its wings will take practical all all the N weight eight off the wheels wireless and moving picture outfits will III not be ba carried it Is expected on the trans transcontinental continent al trip but one cinematograph machine will go wh w dah the pirt part NN working from ross sea and another with nith the p pirt art N working about NN eddell set sea these films will nill have hane both scientific and popular inter est pocket s outfits hiding haning a range ot of from to miles enill also be carried by these two ONO expeditions but the main ma in part will not attempt the added weight annei ot of either cither deice alle the north pole is situated about two ONO miles beneath the soa oa the south pole is on the lie plateau two to miles above the sea bea the conditions 0 of jouanes jour jo neis to the two ONO points are widely adel differ crit in the north no ill within miles of the pole in ummer summer time there aie diffrient species a ot now floN eling ei ing plants there ac no flowering plants within 1700 miles mile ot of the south pole and within miles ot of it there is no plant or animal life ot of am an whatever in the N orth 3 sou on maa ma expect to get the arctic hare and the ptarmigan on the northernmost norther most land there are also bears and the life in the sea on a trip to the north pole the explorer sledges oner a moning sea ot of ice that packs up and breaks up and it Is impossible to la a an depots the danger ot of northern sledge traveling is 11 the breakup ot of the ice and the opening 0 of what chat aro are called leids leads open water nater channels left by the tha parting of the ice in the south the difficulties are tile tho alln na ture ot of the snow surfaces the fact that the tern tem are much lower and the danger of crevasses cre in the orth north one can tall fall 10 to 20 feet beet into the sea but in the south one mi fall 1 feet down doin a th this notable expedition sir ernest hopes to cut in two to one of the if not the tha ingest white spaces jet iet remaining on the lie map ile he cx pacts to bohe the complete continental il nature of the antarctic specially r scientists NN would cold like to know no whether tho the greit range of mountains on the new nenn side of tho lie antarctic continent breilh stretches ill the wn across and is i a con of the andes this victoria chian has been traced to the polo pole by amundsen ind and other explorers the solving of this problem is or of in tense interest to geographers all oer the world the discover of the ari it mountain range winch Is isu mcd to extend in i a general wa na from the pole to cddell sea would be one of the biggest gengi triumphs possible the go geological logical insults will nill also be of the great est scientific alue rhe fhe weddell sei sea pirty party will take dpn specimens and cen the neftal neutal pait will chip off dieci pi pic eci b of all epo ed rocks the thea ond find Con continuous tinious magnetic observations Nations will be ba baltin all the NN way ay I 1 from rom NN eddell sea to pass sea as the route will lie not far from the magnetic pole in ili tor mitlon of great alue to nal gators would bi b learned continuous observations of the neath cr will also be taken liken and these should he be cr cri valuable vilu ablo when correlated with the results obtained by expeditions expedition biological work ork will be ba thoroughly cairies on and the distribution of fauna and nor nori i will be studied both the ships will nill be equipped for dreda ing and sounding all branches or of science will all be most carefully attended to slid and tile net result ought to be a 11 large increase in human knowl edge but first and foremost the tha crossing of 0 the polar continent will be the main object of th thy expedition |