New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-25
SPOKE BORCHGREJINK'S STEAMER
THE SOUTHERN CROSS SEEN ON NOVEMBER
20 WITH ALL WELL. OF BOARD.

THE SOUTHERN CROSS SEEN ON NOVEMBER
20 WITH ALL WELL. ON BOARD.
Hobart Town. Tasmania. NOV. 24.-The Brit
ish steamer Ruahine. which sailed from London
on October 13 for Lyttleton. Ncw-Healand has
arrived here and reports that on November 20
she spoke thc steam whaor Southern Cross
bearing the Borchgrevink expedition. which left
England in August last To explore the Antdr tic
Continent The Southern Cross reported al well
on board
The Southern Cross which is steam whalcr
capable Of making twelve thirteen knots. left
England In August last with an expedition TO OK
porc the Antarctic Continent under the command
of Captain Borchgreyink. Il was intended that the
vessel would direct her course at first to Hobart.
Tasmania AT the southeastern extremity Of Austria
Ia whore a frcsh supply Of coal wouid ne taken
on board Thence. in November. push to
be made for cape Aiar. Victoria Land. in direc-
tion 20 the cast of southerly and distant about
twenty-five hundred statute miles
Running east and west almost parallel with the
coast Of Australia. for several hundred miles and
down in latitude Go or G. l. portion Of the Ant
arctic Continent bearing the name Of Wilkes
Land" About 10 degrees east from Greenwich
and almost due south Of Ncw-Iealand the shore
turns corner ari dips away to the southwark.
To this region ST James Ross gave the name Vic
toria Land lie followed It down to latitude -
or IS. whore ne found two volcanoes. Ere5us and
Terror. io also decided from the behavior OF his
needle, that thv south magnetic pole is in this vi
cinity. i'm latitude - anl longitude 5i.
Cape Adair i. IN latitude 7i3o below the corner
whcro the coast changes from an casterly TO u
south,rly trend. This point the ostensibc
destination of he Belgian eXpc litiOn. ii went by
Wy OF Rio Jauero and Cap" Horn, and was 20
reach its base ot operations in December or Jan
uary. which I'm that hemisphere Is the midsummer
season. Captain B,rchgr,'ink intends h. put his
scientific experts and their camp cquipage ashore
soon the ice Will permit and then send or take
the southern Gross back 20 Australia FOR the
suing winter. The explorers have planned 20 make
q variety oi ma-uefic and other observations with
ogt proceeding iar from camp. hut certain mem
b,rs of the party wish 10 push southwark on
slcdEcs. for which purpose they have taken sev-
cuty or eighty dogs with them Cape Adair Is fully
twelve hundred miles from the geographical pole.
Little or nothing has been heard from the party
which went ont last summer I'm the Beleica. under
the leadership of Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlac he
cNppr" the Antarctic Continent. II T. unlikely
thai the English expedition VIII find some trace ~
IL within the next feW months. Like the t;erllchc
party. th~ company which goes I'm the Southern
cross intends 20 spend two summer and d winter
on land their ship coming back for them twelv,. or
fifteen months after putting them on shore Every
on" of the Enslish party IS accustomed to rough
ng IL. and no private expedition has ever been 80
admirably cquipred for polar research this Sir
George NeWn.s Is its financial hacker. and science
has much 10 hope for from IT,