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Show HISTORICAL DATA ON ANTARCTIC IS AIM OF JOURNEY AUSTTN", Ter.. Aug. tS (By A. P.) What la claimed to be the longest and most extensive natural i Mstory expedition erer undertaken mill be started In September under I the direction of - Geerge Fin lay 1 Slmmona, Texas naturalist. The expedition, which as sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, will cover approximately 25,000 miles and will be In progrees for two years. , The expedition win leave New IOndoa, Conn., early In September on a apeclally equipped schooner, commanded by George Comber, who commanded the McMillan relief re-lief expedition In 1917. The party will visit many volcanic Islands and wild reglona In ths Antarctic and Indian oceuns. ( After leaving: New London, the first landing- of ths expedition will be 8t Paul rocks, off the coast of Brasil. From, there ths course will lead directly south Into ths land of ths Antarctic. Investigations will ha made end eneclmena of bird end other life collected on ths South Georgia Islands. Ths last group. Is covered with les and snow throughout ths year And frequently v listed byvoioanlo eruptions It la stated. After visiting- several croups of Inlands In ths Antarctic region the party will move, to Caps Town, Africa. Af-rica. Ths winter season will -be rpent In Africa. Expeditions will be mads into ths mainland along the weat African coaat and vlaits to &t. Helena and Ascension Islandsln ths middle Atlantic. On approach of ths Arctic summer, sum-mer, the naturalists will go Into ths southern part of ths Indian ocean. Ufa on the Croxet, Desolation and Kerguelen Islands will be studied. An effort will be made to gret specimens speci-mens of the giant sea elephant of the Antarctic region. Ths expedition party wfll Include mors than fifteen recognised naturalists. nat-uralists. Director Simmons recently recent-ly was named as curator of birds and mammals of ths Cleveland museum. mu-seum. He haa attained distinction (h rough Investigations of bird life on gulf islands off ths Texas coaat. Formerly he was instructor in the University of Texas hers. Specimens obtained on the expedition expe-dition will be brought to ths Cleveland Cleve-land museum and to Ahe American Museum of Natural History In New Tork, which is cooperating- In ths excursion, according- to Mr. Slmmona. |