The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-10
CAPTAIN SCOTT TELLS HOW
He HOPES TO REACH POLE

SYDNEY, Octob r "a Some indica.
lion of the Astounding interest which
Captain SCOTS expedition TO the South
Polar regions Is arousing In Australia
was given last night, when the explor.
or lectured to a Sydney audience at
the Glacoarium. That capacious build.
ing has not hitherto been quite taxed
to its outer limits, even when the best
OF Wes's pictures have claimed po-
pular attention. but last night II was.
Some 1900 seats we're occupied, and
hundreds hung over the outer barriers
listening intently to what Captain
Scott had to say OF his hopes and his
arrangements. The audience before
him was so vast that the captains
vocal resources were not equal to the
task of satisfying all, and from the
back gallery came a stentorian invita-
tion to the lecturer to deliver his re-
marks from the center of the hall, In
which case, said the voice. wen all
be comfortable" Professor David,
who was the chairman of the occasion,
came promptly to the rescue, adjusted
the electric signalling communications
between the lecturer and the lantern
list in a trice, and in another few min
utes Captain Scott mounted a table in
the midst of the audience, amid much
cheering. From that our matters went
smoothly enough, little Intervals here
and there, occasioned by the passing
of noisy Darling Harbor trains, being
utilized by the audience IN applauding
the daring, modest adventurer.
FAMILIAR LAND.
Captain Scott began his lecture with
brief descriptions of known Antarctic
regions, such as Victoria Land and
Mount Erebus, the scene of Professor
Davids well known Investigations.
Coming of King Edwards land and the
great Ice Barrier, he exhibited pic
ture of the junction of the ice wall'and
the rocky headland, where the expedi-
ton purposed pitching it's main camp.
1t would be one of the first objects of
the expedition, he explained, to ascer-
tain what the interior of King Ed
wards Land was like, and for this pur-
pose a party of six men would be land
ed. Little was at present known as to
that territory, and it was important
to find out whether it was really part
of a great continent or merely a series
of detached islands. The western
party would meanwhile make eXplo'
rations of Victoria Land and the Great
Ice Barrier. Some fine pictures of the
ice wall were shown, conveying o vivid
idea of it's height, length and magni
tude, and the curious cleavages to be
seen on its face.
FEATHERED HUMoRIsTs.
Incidentally Captain Scott exhibited
series of pictures to illustrate the
quaint forms of life to be found in An.
tarctica, including some admirable
photographs of seals and penguins.
Like the Shackleton party, Captain
Scott and his colleagues appear to
have been greatly diverted by the hui
NOR of the penguins. Several pictures
which were shown and incidents which
were related about the Empire pen
gums tickled the lecturers audience.
1t was remarkable to think, for in
stance, that the Empire penguin, after
depositing it's egg on an icefeld in the
depth of winter in temperature 20
deg. below zero, ensures the birth and
infancy of the chick by maintaining
1t at temperature equal to that re-
quired to hatch and rear the offspring
of an ordinary domestic hen. "Na-
ture," said the captain, "has been