Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-29

NEW YORK--sir Ernes. ". Shac.
kleton, the Antarc lc explorer. accom-.
panied by his wife, Lady Shacklc,ln
arrived he:e today from England on
the steamer Lusitania, OF the CunarI
line. He was accompanies by Mojsrs.
Frederick Tcnch, e. T.. BanIamln and
! George a. Harwuod, mombers Of the
4 Transportation Club of New IOrk,
who went TO Europe for the purpose
of escorting him back 20 this coun.
try.
The explorer ON his arrival gave a
| highly interesting description OF his
recent attempt to reach the South
Poe, when he came within III miles
OF the goal. lie told of the difficulties
that bcsct expeditions III the South
Polar regions, drawing n parallel. be
tween explorations there and at the
| North Pole, but at the same time OK.
pressed his confidence that Captain
Sect, OF the British Navy, who Is to
start on an expedition In July, will be
| successful.
To Go to Washington.
No formal reception had been pre-.
pared for Lieutenant Shacklotun. I'm.
mediately after discriminating he pro
ceeded to the Ho.el Manhattan. and
later In the afternoon will take the
! Congregational Limited ON the Penn.
sylvania to Washington. His stay in
this country will be Of three months
| duration and Is for the purpose OF dc.
livering lectures on his explorations IN
the south.
The last time he was here was In
1903, when he reached New York az
ter returning from an Antarctic trip
by way Of San Francisco. Strangely
enough, today was the anniversary Of
enc Of the important cyCns In con.
noctlon with his scientific achieve,
ments. Just seven years ago he ar.
rived at Littleton, New Zealand. on
the fishing schooner Nimrod after one
Of his efforts TO reach the South Pole.
There are many things that favor
South Polar explorations over those
in the North" said Lieutenant Shaf
| klcton as the Lusitlnla made her way
up the Bay 10 the CunTl Line pier
in the South there Is little drifting
ice and It Is easier 10 cstab ish base
1 closer to the South Pole than Il liz Il
the North Pole. ON the other hand
! however there Is more animal lie In
the North ana the weather conditions
are better In some respects. L Is not
! so windy there nor so cold.
132 Mile Wind Near Pol:.
while the mean average tcmpera
! ture for winter and summer coIib.u
ed at distance of $50 miles from the
pole is only one degree below aoro
Fahrenheit II Is not unusual 10 expo
! rlcDce siXty.two degrees below AMI 2
wind yclooityNof l3z miles an hour.
personally found such weather cgnli
lions ON one OF my trips. Travol!na
J In such weather is Impossible and The
Only thing that one can do Is TO lie
down In his sleeping sack and wait
until the wind has died down. The
high winds IN tact furnish 0ne Of the
great difficulties u explorers, as 1t Il
impossible to march when there Is 3
velocity OF from ffty to seventy miles
which IL frequent,
Discoveries that have been ma1'
up to the preson. time have proven
that there is continent In the Ant
j, arctic OF about 100000 square miles
of land.
Thinks Scott VIII Succeed
THE only thing that stood basweei
MS and our destination on the last trll
was $50 pounds of sold food Had 4
been possible to carry that amount o
supplies with us in addition 10 wha
we had already packed, ! am confd
ont we would have reached the Pole
For that reason | feel rsnTanably Ger
tain that Captain Scott win he sue
ceasinl on the expedition which Ia
begins In July While Captain Scot
is In the field | personally snail max
no other attempt to reach the Pol'