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Show GOT NEAR TO SOUTH POLE II . I Lieut. Ernest H. Shnckleton, tho young Brit- yv lsh naval officer, whose south polo seeking expe rt dltlon camo within 111 miles or reaching that J AvkKM much-sought sPoti smashed a lot or precedents SkWsSSaBM 'n P'0Imntlng when ho made Jila dash. In tho I9M flrst P,oco ,le rnndo a good sharo or tho Jour- CvHr ney by 0,110,1,01,110 .and tlo last desperate dash (V 'Mtt for tho poI 1,0 ma(, wl,h 1,nrdy llttlo ponies I CL Y rather than with dogs. Tho ponies wero killed I nm' cn'en ono by one as necessity demanded. J F ZSBL. Tno ro0(1 supplies carried by tho expedition --ypPSS1r contained very row vegetables and an unusual SPKfe proportion or meats. Tho latter have been round YKy suporlor to keep up the strength or tho men, whlla the vegetables soon become worthless as PJfW rood In the Antarctic regions. Lieut. Shacklcton has a reputation as an explorer earned by a varied lino or cxperlenco In that pleasant ir somewhat Xrost-bltten pursuit. One or tho members or the expedition In recounting tho story or tho Journey, said that when they stnrted on tho trip to the magnetic polo the weather was so hot thoy had to pull their two sledges In Blnglots. There was half a ton. of provisions on each sledge. After a comparatively easy 250-ralIo Journey along tho sea Ice they had an almost hopeless climb to tho Inland I' ui l)Iateau. They carried their llvos in their hands, lighting their way Inch by Inch nnd suffered great privations on tho return Journey When rescued by the Nlmrod they wero a party of gaunt skeletons; the Nlmrod had almost filven them up for lost. Tho members or Lieut. Shackleton's party state that when they wero compelled to turn back their bodily strength was diminishing so rapidly that their temperatures went down to far below normal, In somo cases reaching 33 degrees, and' In others considerably lower than that. Had this party been two days later In reaching tho Nlmrod It would have been frozen In for another season. Thoy declare that any future explorer attempting at-tempting to roach tho polo must bo provided with much larger supplies of food, because thoro Is no doubt that tho south pole Is situated on a high plateau and that tho coldest and stormiest weather in the world prevails thero, thero being 70 degrees or host under tho very mildest conditions. |