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effort having for its main purpose th Y
reaching Of the two extremities Of IN.
earth's axis. hut their attitude has be.,
somewhat hypercritical because ever
effort TO reach the pole that has msd.
much progress has been through N.
unknown. which the explorer may lesiti.
mately enter whereFer he fnds II. ~
Ii we'll. however. that this quest ia no,
over. for attention will no longer \. |
diverted from more important matters
Fortunately there are still left In IN.
Antarctic two expeditions that in the,
planning kept the pole out Of view and had
purely scientific purposes before them
They are splendidly equipped for sciep.
tific work. II may be said here that ver
few Arctic expeditions have ever been n
finely manned and supplied for the bss
kind Of research as has been every Antarc.
tic party since the Belgics. in receo,
times. renewed south polar endeavo,
II is worth noting that Arctic exploration
has never. excepting in one instancf(
yielded such an output Of volumes a.
those still coming from the press which
present the purely scientific results Il
the recent researches in the Antarctic.
Americans should he especially inter.
ested In DR.. Mawson's expedition which
sailed some ten weeks ago from Tas
mania for the coast OF Wilkes Land. |,
was one Of our expeditions that revealed
this part OF the coast line OF Antarctica
Some seventy years ago Capt Wilkes Of
our navy sailed for 900 miles along this
shore Of the great southern land and b.
70, tkA n 81 h. AT
tinent. All the world. excepting som.
British geographers. has admitted ID.
honesty and great value Of Capt. Wilkess
expforatio This coast has since been
reached only by the Gauss expedition IN
1902 and 1909. and the German party ~
ported during their sojourn OF months
that this was undoubtedly the edge Of
large continent. They penetrated, "a,
example, some distance into the interior
found the land constantly rising befor.
them. and down the slopes came po,irinr
fohn winds which must have come from
lofty elevations in the far interior. Every
thing indicated land OF great extent.
DR.. Mawson. the meteorologist Of the
Shackleton expedition. has large scien
tific staif from the Universities of Australia
A few weeks agohe sent q wireless messas.
from the Mscquarie Island announcing
good progress on his way. He was then
half way to his destination. He expect,
in the approaching Antarctic winter. to
have three camps scattered along ths
coast Of Wilkes Land. He hopes in the
following summer to make good survey
OF this long coast. He plans also to pene.
trate the interior and study its copditions
1t has thus been left for Australia to carry
on. and possibly to complete. the explors.
tions which the American Wilkes began
two generationshgo. r...
Mawson's work is on the Indian Ocess
side OF the southern continent. while Lieut.
Filchner. at this time. IL he has met with
good fortune. is probably established in
his winter camp on the Atlantic coast
Of Antarctica. Tho Germans are very
enthusiastic over the man who has led
their second Antartic expedition to the
South. for Fichner already wears ths
brightest laurels Of the scientific eI.
plorer, and his expedition on the Deutsch.
land was fitted out regardless OF expense
He desired to land on Cots Land. tracs
the coasts Of Antarticca. south of the Al
lantic as far As possible, AID send sledg'
expedition into the interior Of the cont
nent to discover all it cen of the inland
regions. Every phase Of epience as 70
ating to these lands is in Shs hands Of
competent experts.
With the south pole out Of the way al.
tention may now be exclusively devote'
to finding out just what this great lant
mass is Geographers and explorers hav
various views about it. Some think ths
Antarctica is a great continuous cont
nent; also that the lofty mountains whic
Shackleton discovered extend acros
the continent. Some think that it is tn
largest archipelago in the world and other
that q water channel divides it into q
least two great masses. Antarctica ex
ploration will not end until the myster
that still involves the extreme souther
, part Of the world has been dispelled,
CYRUS {. ADAMS.