Show GOT WITHIN ONE HUNDRED MILES OF THE SOUTH POLE Expedition Returns to England With a Wealth of Knowledge of Antarctic Ant-arctic Continent London Lieutenant E H shack leton of the British navy a commander com-mander of tho Antarctic expedition which returned on the barUentlno Nlmrod to Invercarglll N Z on Tuesday succeeded In getting within 111 miles of the south polo Tho Nlmrod expedition left England Eng-land In July 1907 and after reaching the Ice fields and making the most elaborate preparations the main expedition ex-pedition started on a sledge Journey that occupied 120 days nnd traversed 1708 miles southward The explorers explor-ers reached latitude 8826 and longitude longi-tude 1C2 cast At tho highest point the land was 9000 feet In altitude trending southward In a vast field of snow no mountains being In sight A second party pushed forward to tho southern magnetic pole at latitude lati-tude 8228 longitude 164 east Tho British flag was left flying at both points The ascent of Mount Erebus was accomplished with difficulty and geological discoveries of great Importance Im-portance were made The results attained at-tained have thrown much light on the past history of the Antarctic continent con-tinent The expedition suffered no loss of life |