The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-08
EILS N DASH
| FOR SOUTH POLE.
lean and British Explorers
a Use the Automobile.
|, START NEAR SAME TINE.

A.,,ok A. Cook TO Uss Especially
49, Machinss-Motor For Lead-
i : srItIsh Expedition viii Draw
.....-Hopss to Make Sudden pash
=. Reaching Toe Edge, Relying on
...hurian Ponies.
,,sw of the report cabled from
v~yt to London that DR.. Freder-
cook has made preparations to
tbe antarctic regions and make
- 10 reach the south pole, using
ears for the purpose, 1t 10 inter
% note that the British expedi-
= the south pole under command
Ssutenant Ernest FL. Shackleton,
raced in February last, IL now al
,asdy and viii start from the
..os about the same time as DR..
1oas from America-namaly, at
md Of July.
~ that exposition q New York
IA correspondent recently had a
18th Lieutenant Shackleton. he
mich interested in the American
sltion. especially as the automo-
WTl play a prominent part In his
though the lieutenant IL not NJ
an the automobile entirely.
! not stated in the cabled report
Or. Cook" remarked Lieutenant
tIeton. where DIR. Cook is going
A and whence he will start his
M to the pole. We of course
lsnd on King Edward VII. Land
,xplore around the Ross Quadrant,
has hitherto been the British
\ Of exploration since it was dis
Nd BY Sir James Ross In 1912.
course the prospect of going
from King Edward VII. Land Is
HYPOTHETICAL, because no one has
d there since 1t was discovered
q the national antarctic expedi-
n 1902. But we have decided to
there for certain reasons. We
good stafE Of strong, scientific
numbering twelve in all, men
N not only expert biologists and
biologists, but are able TO put q
hand to sledging in case Of
h
have Sir Philip Brocklehurst
xil be invaluable to the expedi-
b sledging work. Mr.. James
g Is a well known biologist. He
hm for the last I'VE years en-
nth Sir James Murray on lake
Lieutenant Adams is our me-
tst, and we have a splendid
meal engineer and chauffeur In
hines Muir.
general staff viii join the ship
N Zealand at the end Of the year.
automobile we shall have
@e-cOnslsts Of a framework Of
Ny manufactured steel and is a
imply constructed AFFAIR. 1t win
separate sets Of wheels to suit
llymg conditions Of the surfaces
which we shall have to travel.
y Instance, in soft snow the two
wheels will require to be taken
md sledge runners substituted.
. no water circulation to cause
V through freezing. and the en-
VII be air cooled. We shall car.
weight on the automobile AT
ale, no more than necessary. The
eH viii be the only passenger,
Y being used merely as an en-.
Z i were, to draw the train Of
which win carry the members
Gpedition and provisions.
aaNments have already beer
q ua to ship a number of Man.
ponies at Lyttleton, but these
. DO any work unless the au
breaks down. Then they VIII
. draw the sledges. My rea
y adopdng the automobile as G
we to draw sledges is because
Y mink a heavily laden automo
sela be so serviceable as tht
propose to adopt.
well known naval sayins
speed of a feet is the speed OF
Aezs ship, and our speed will
speed Of ponies, which should
=. =, twenty-five miles a day. W.
~ Jake some dogs with us, buI
Oaf Journey to the pole. ThesG
-1ilan ponies, which are ven
Saiulals, can each drag as mucl
,een dogs, and they each ca
~ eleven pounds Of food al
= with eighteen for the dogs
an understand what a savint
~. only in the matter of foot
Dur m the weight OF storel
our prospects? Wen, the dis
Sn our winter quarters to III,
- Is about 100 miles. ana OF
eoging trip we covered some
-, - ZiO miles as the crow flies
49, confident that the automO
= able to draw our train O
SI1e that distance without be
- upon to fall hooH~ -, ...-.ao-
~ NE remainder OF the dis
\ have to rely on the ponies
I able to do from fifteen Z
-. a Gay. If we have leve
are should be no dinculty 4
- sonth pole. But II noun
49, then our operation
J - % be modified. II tn
sAcers are too Efaao for On