Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-08

viii shortly leave Britains shores, bound
southwark, and bent on making discoye-
ries in the ice-fettered regions Of the
Southern Pole. There is plenty 20 be
/ learned concerning the frozen South. To
be convinced of this. look at a chart of
/ the South Pole, and see how little of its
| territory has been explored. OF North
Polar expeditions there have been many
Of South Polar few But there await The
| explorer of the South discoveries fully as
important to the world as at the North
Pole. So at least. thinks c. e. Borch-
grevink. f. R. G. S. F. r. NJ. S, who VIII
lead this expedition in search Of the Sc
crets of the frozen South.
HIS OWN STORY.
Here is Mr.. Borchgrevinks own story,
as he related it to me-
Since l was u boy 1 have longed for
Arctic explorations Early in life L be-
came Injured 10 the hardships that are
a necessary accompaniment Of such ira
vel, by my wanderngs in the forests OF
Norway. But circumstances led me 10
emigrate South TO Australia. and there
nv thoughts turned from the North 70
the South Pole regions. To organize an
expedition 10 Antarctica was impossible
nv only means for exploration was 10
take a place before the mast in whaling
ship. This | did, working As an ordinary
seaman, but my object was purely scleh-
tifc.
''All went we'll till we reached Emerald
Isle in latitude So degrees. There the
propeller OF the little steamer broke
down, and we had TO put back to Fort
Chalmers. in New Zealand. once more
the vessel started foT the shoals OF
whales.
.oThe whaler took the same course as
Sir lanes Clarke Ross, in his Famous eN-
pedition of 1871; but | was the nrst 10
stem on the shore of Victoria Land. IL
was one of the proudest moments IN my
life A feeling of fascination ana awe
crept over US on landing on that I'M
known shore. 1t was a strange 'hpusH'
thar we were the first human beings TO
set foot on the mysterious malnidhu '""'
lies around the South Pole
THE WILD SCENERY.
"The scenery was suggested OF my ma
tive Norway-immense precipitous clllis
With deep fjords. Where l landed the
ROCKS were in parts covered with hcnen'
and they were free OF snow and Ice on
the coast line, but their summit, oIteh
10 600 feet high, was covered with glacier
and snow. Immense peaks shining anu
el,ttering in the sun by noon ana MO
night. ,oxo.rro-
my idea IS" continued Mr.. Borchsre-
wink that a comparatively warm cur
rsn, Is 10 be found 10 the southwest Oh
Victoria Land. l cannot otherwise ac-
cunt for the comparative freedom OF ,he
u,atar from ice, the lichen on the rocks
and the seaweed on the beach we were
altogether FIVE months on that voyage
starting in September. 1884, ana conins
hr,na in March the following year.
Mr. Borchgrevink believes that ne WIZ
ba able TO camp on Cape Adare' the spol
!rhere he landed, about $500 miles from
New Zealand. According TO his present
Ideas On the subject he VIII make MS
headouarters at this camp, ana iro"i
that centre will endeavor TO STRIKE IN
land across the glaciers or the conf
mont The main object win be TO iocai-
a.. the exact position OF the mashe,i'
mole and this discovery will. he oe-
clares. have most important scientinc
yes,lts especially as magnetic opserVa-
,,ons within the Antarctic circle form
missing link IN our knowledge aDou' M u,
restrfal magnetism. HIS expeai,ioh va"
be one for observation and expiorat'oia,
and. besides the scientific results, ne
that the commercial possip,
ties OF the coast are worthy OF in'es"-
cation.
TO sTAI.r IN JULY.
The new South Pole expedition VIII
start from London in July, lSSe NJ