| Show j f Antarctic Land Part I of Americas America's Domain The United States has hns an nD Antarctic domain ns as great as the holdings In the Arctic region of Alaska Indeed If IC we were to deem It advisable we could register a sound title to a vast area near the South pole discovered by Commander Charles Wilkes of the th United States navy In 1840 This region re re- region gion ion known as Wilkes Land has an anarea anarea area aren equal to almost half halt that of continental continental continental con con- United States The national con congress ress was so impressed Impressed Impressed Im Im- pressed and elated by reason renson of this discovery that it authorized the publication publication pubU- pubU cation In 22 volumes of the expeditions expedition's expeditions expedition's tion's complete report with all charts and nd surveys But nut although so many years cars have Intervened Inter since Wilkes discovered ered the territory which now bears his hits name on all the standard charts no effort has been heen made firmly ly to nail down the heritage So far tar as ase we e have been able to learn no AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican flag has ever been heen hoisted there Certainly we know that no colony ever has been established In n that dreary domain domain domain do do- main nor has any hardy exploring party followed In Wilkes Wilkes' footsteps to tomake tomake tomake make a detailed examination of this snowy re region Ion an and Its possible Fort lort Fort Wayne News |
