The sun., 1896-02-03

He Tells His Plans for an Antarctic Ex.
pedition to Start Next September.

He Tells His Plans for an Antarctic Ex.
pedition to Start Next September.
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink. the Nor.
wegian explorer who the first to land on
the Antarctic continent, arrived In New York
yesterday on the Umbra- He has como to this
country to lecture. and will remain here for
several months.
Mr.. Borchgrevink is sturdy young man sc
years old. of stocky build and forid com plcxion.
He visited the shores OF Victoria Land last win
ter. Sir James Ross discovered Victoria Land
fifty-four years ago. but landed at Possession
Island. and Mr.. Borchgrevink first to set
foot on the mainland. He set out with a whal-
ing party from Melbourne on the Goth of Sep
tember. 1894. Last August before the Sixth
international Geographical Congress in London
the story of his explorations created great in
terest.
"A commercial company" he said to TIE
SUS reporter yesterday. has offered to take
me and ten scientists rs far as Cape Adare. and
we shall start from London on Sept. /. 1895, to
be gone two years. The company has been
organized for the sake of the sealing and wlal-
ing and the guano beds which exist in these
Antarctic regions. We shall probably go in q
steam auxiliary vessel called the JASON which
was built in Hamburg. DR.. Nansen used the
boat on his trip to Greenland. With that we
will carry a seventy-tour-ton steamer to hunt
blue whales and an electric or naphtha launch
for the use of the scientists in the party. We
expect to reach Cape Adare by the end of No
vember. The Jason will then return to Mel
bourne and the steamer will be used by the
whaling party
Three OF the scientists in the party who will
be Norweglans. and myself will then set out for
COulman Island, which is sixty English miles
south OF Cape Adarc. The men who accompany
me must be Norwegians. because they are
familiar with the use Of snow shoes. Wewill
start from Coulman Island for the south mng-
netic pole. which lies about sixty miles inland
II possible ! should prefer u land at Coulnan
Isl and and start directly from there for the
pole, and then come back to Cape Adare
We expect to get back to Cape Adare In about
two months and n half. The westerly winds. /
expect, will favor our return. We shall have
sails on the sledges. / reason why the
expedition should not be an entire success. We
have plenty OF money. The scientific wing OF
the expedition will be under my direction. 1t
probably Professor Bruce of Scotland will be
one of the number"
Mr.. Burchgrevink is n native OF Chrstana
When young man he made cruise 10 this
country as All ordinary sailor his father having
suggested this as remedy for his de,ermina-
at various European universities, and later emf
grated to Australia. He Joined the Survey De-
partmcnt At rlsbane and attracted attention
BY scaling Mount Lindsay, n precipitous peak in
Queensland, n feat which had never before been
successfully accomplished.
He was n teacher of science and modern
languages when he embarked on the Antarctic
on the expedit ion which made him famous. He
was compelled to 60 before the mast, and went
Rs seal shooter and seaman The result of
and the map of til" Antarctc's cruise was
printed with the account Mr.. Borchgreyink's
mother was an English woman. and he speaks
English fuently and with little accent.