Show I SCOTTS SCOTT'S SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION ON NEARLY READY T r r 4 1 ALN M e 47 n 97 1 MOTOR DF e CT THE TERRA YOYA ONDON At At tho the West India LONDON docks preparations are being s g r rapidly completed for the expedition expedition expedition tion which Capt Robert Falcon Scott is to lead in search of the south pole and it now seems likely that a Z start will surely be made in June y Y Painters carpenters smiths and other nautical fitters are swarming over the Terra Nova the ship in which the antarctic explorers will sail and the good vessel is nearly ready Captain Scott who Is an officer in the royal s' s y navy has been overseeing all this work and selecting the extensive outfit outfit out 2 fit that he will take with him He has given especial attention to the ra n matter of motor sledges and finally J has picked out one which it is hoped L. L PJ I Y y will be of the assistance vJ greatest in t getting over the great ice cap which r- r 1 covers the southern extremity of the earth It Is so constructed that the t driving wheels do not touch the ground but rest on an endless chain and thus as it were travel along a road carried by the car Sir Ernest Ernest Shackleton also took a motor sledge with him on his furthest south expedition ex ex- but it was not a complete R RT success though of considerable use at SON CR F times Umes Captain Scott will make his actual start for the south pole from New Zealand |