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Show Wlrelecs Station for Antarctic. Ono ot tho objects of Sir E. Shacltlo-ton'a Shacltlo-ton'a present South polar expedition is to establish a wlroluss station iu tho Antarctic, tho staff to be relieved once a year. Tho main purposo of tho station sta-tion would bo to kcop tho civilized world acquainted iWlth tho meteorological meteoro-logical conditions around the polo. Theoretically tho powor of such a station sta-tion need not bo very groat for Ions-dlstanco Ions-dlstanco transmission, but during Captain Cap-tain Scott's Antarctic Investigations it was discovered that tho Aurora oust-trails oust-trails (tho South polo equivalent ot the aurora borealls In high northern latitudes), by "damping" tho other waves, somewhat counterbalanced tho losscued lntorforenco ot sunshine. |