New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23

waterway 10 the Pacific. AMI when this hope hal
been blasted. English nay!eators were Kept nam
inering away at the Arctic Zone a matter OF
g T.. Horchsrevink has this to say the sub
jet Of Antarctic eNp.ofauons'
ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
"snce SIR James Ross in ISL discovered tn.
south victoria Continent 10 one had visited these
southern shores until last year. when the steam
vt,i.r Antarctic ran into that large ice-free bay
which stretches from Cape Adair down to the VOL
.,noes the Erebus and the Terror. Il seemed
.frtngs mat nf;y-four years should have pten az
lowed 10 ,llpse without any attrinpt MAINS -, h
made to finish that work which was 50 praNe,y ~
gun tn, more strange does this part seem; as INC
journals of the ..rcbus and the INF9r spear "oO.'
vast new and promising fields for science ana CUM
Il, is more than probable that the An'atei , LAND
Is ID large continent about twice the s'ze Oh ~
wl IN from Melbourne casiy can be reSSh ne e., ~
fourteen days By good whaling sea Wsdta and
p.4. wsra III. only nav.gAtofs VINO nau eyer
crossed tn seyenieh parallel esforc me o' h'r
Anttrcur expeditions had seen me ice-paSh' w.
-, oth.r hal ever passed through H.,
,.r.,,,f,, ok res -hed iis edge IN Il deg 10 MIN
south aaI Ia 49, Captain WeddeA had thr oH,raor
tx j. Soc south without meeting 1t, me iates .
vosage TIA, u Ross IN 1913. having taken place
more than half century ASo. 49,, nor. y, the
when We consider that the northern par "t wy
South Victoria land does ~ ne 'nrrbwara and
whom We consider those startling facts VIM W.
already at hand trom thAt souShts" ~" end
- ~. Nineteenth century and not klo" NOR
ai,u. ,hose southern shores. So much more s'Ia
No. ~ sr.,n a. that land OF the south holds IN rs
i.v ,r,sn inc vet undiscovered south HlAsHcuc
psle The eliminating point Of terrestrial mag
neil-n iu the south. -, -, ,,,,,c,,c
If viii bc remembered that the soIln Hltb'.V'.,II
mole has un, VET been reached ana that intse..Oti
ot,4.ryAtfon- near -, south magnetic po'c a. - =
en-, are highly needed Tor navigation. inhsiluSh ~
the meteorooey within The Antarcuc Srv nc
a missing link In that most important sclrhcr' =,
1T cArio, be denied that IN" nearer W - -,
tho ,,,,u, from which those two powers MAGNETISM
and .ia.frcitv 40. he more likely We are 10 &"
,,aluail. scientific and commercial knowledse. -
ae.ns IA me that these matters alone are WoI u.
that c.uuaratlyelv small outlay 81 man entI %
With s n.c,ssAry FOR the Outnt OF an eNp-uIt'oh.
"Dlscoterles in science have always Wn"l'ru ~
ma, Ma - large although but few Will take the
trouble OF tracing the benefits back 10 wh''' ing
originated But there are 80 many other vacant
pla,.s In our knowledge OF the globe we I'VE upon
which w1.h bc nlcl II bring my coihhb 'NPrI''ao,"
TO successful issue. vacant places IN our htioW
..lge which become proportionally more zen py
each uoU discovery in the Arctic regions. IL HIkN
h.. % .lf. Interest 10 know the exact Work ihfhu
10 d, I'm fhc south next year ana VII! state soinr
OF my objects briefly: with th" necessary outi' 81
scientific mon. huts dogs, Sic ICES ana IN, -,
intend spending year on the ,u'h ITO, - ,
FspcclAi,v won.I the expedition have the io'Io"lhs
objects at heart: 80, 18th ,.,o,o,i,
- lanl part; VIII work toward the south haei',ic
pol. Their. - max" magnet al o37'iN ioASt .i
cl,t line in Tho ncirhb0rhOoi % tn" open pay Sh9u
Doe a;irr,vcI fi1rds and bays explored ana spuIn',
zo1ooi.al botanical. meteorological, ,E'olotl'"
dredging. haromo trica thermomciTlrhl' i.rtr. o.,
logical ana pendulum observations ana air ana water
current observations should be made