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Show BIG EXPEDITION GOING TO EXPLORE ANTARCTIC MJBW YORK. Oct. 2S A Bntish im-pi im-pi -ia) polar rrpedition which will 1 make a six y.-ar-' geographical, geo-1 logical and mcterurologicnl suryey ofi the connneni about the south pole. I With a view to commercial deveJop-ment deveJop-ment of tbe froren tract, will sail from Norfolk. Va.. Commander John L i ope veteran Antarctic exployer, Fri-announced Fri-announced here t'oruraander f'ope .aid the enler prise aOUld be the ft. aie.-u exploring sxpedHlOB ever undertaken by England Eng-land More ( nan 100 men. four ships, thirty dogs, several airplane, an ex-Lensive ex-Lensive wireles.-1 system and moving plctur" apparatus WiU be employed. The project, he said, lias two phase? The firtU is a preliminary reconnaissance reconnais-sance over 1500 miles of virgin terri-iory terri-iory and the second, four years Of Uldy ol the antarctic regions by means of airplanes flying trom a net work ol ba.ses to be established in AptafCtlca, the area about the pole. The purpose of the expedition. Com-mander Com-mander '.'ope said, it not to reach or t explore the pole itself, but to gather meteorological data over extended pe riods and lo study tho Influence of Antarctic conditions on Australia and I South Africa: Investigation and devel Dpmenl ol ihe mineral deposit known to exist and careful study of the whale I fields of the rcaion. |