The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-02-26
TWO EXPLORERS
DIE IN ANTARCTIC
Liert. MINIS and Dr.. M3Tz
SCcCumb in Ice
The DETAILS ARE LACKING
The Head of Expedition Alive, With
Six of His Companions, Are Re
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The Head of Expedition Alive, With
Six of His Companions, Are Re
turning.
Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 26.-Some
where within the frozen Antarctic, moi
far from the magnetic pole, two more
lives have been sacrificed to the cause
of South Polar exploration.
A brief wireless message from the
little relief ship Aurora, of the NAV
son expedition, from the ne:ghborhood
of Adele Land, received in Sydney
announces the deaths Of two proni
nent members of Professor MaWson
party, Lieutenant r. E. S. MINIS, oil
the British army, and DR.. Herr, the
Swiss ski champion. How the two meI
met death the dispatch does not say.
The Aurora, which is sailing snip
had gone to bring out DR.. Mawson and
several of his men who had left the
main party temporarily. Some unfor
tunate circumstances, believed to have
been the sudden closing in of the ice
prevented the explorers from regain
ing the ship, the message states, and
DR.. Nawson and the six men with HIM
will winter on Adele Land. They are
we'll, according to the report, and have
accomplished some important explora
lions along the shores of Wilkes Land
by means of sledging expeditions.
Lieutenant MINIS belonged to the
city of London regiment of the Royal
Fusileers. He was friend of Captain
Lawrence Oates, of the Inniskill.n
Dragons, the British officer who lost
his life returning from the South Pole
with the Scott expedition. He served
the Mawson party as an expert in
sledging and surveying.
Dr. Herr was hardly less wei known
as sportsman than as a scientist. He
won the Swiss ski championship in
1908, and his endurance and expert,
ence in long journeys over snow and
ice qualified him to act as scientific
aide to the leader of the expedition.
The Aurora, with DR.. Mawson on
board, was known to have been on its
way to pick up DR.. Wilde, former
member of both the Scott and Shack.
Teton expeditions, who with several
companions had been left at the foot
of Termination Glacier in 1912. 1t is
believed in Sydney that DR.. Mawson.
with a half dozen men, landed ani
ventured on a side excursion, from
which they did not return in time tc
regain the vessel.
The wireless message received in
Sydney was addressed to DR.. T. w. e.
David, professor of geology in the
University of Sydney, and himself the
Antarctic explorer who led the party
which reached the South Magnetic
Pole in January, 1909 This is the dis
patch from Adele, which was relaycd
at McQuarie Island:
Or. Douglas Mawson and several
of his men missed the Aurora, which
had gone to fetch them, under the
command Of Captain ]. K. Davis. This
happened owing to unfortunate cir
cumstances- Lieutenant B. E. S. Min.
mis-. of the city of London regiment of
Royal Fusileers, and DR.. Herr, who
was ski champion of Switzerland in
1908. members of the expedition, are
both dead. The others are we'll.
''Dr. Douglas Mawson and six other
members of his party probably will
winter in Adele Land. Some very sue
cessful sledging expeditions were
made during the sojourn of DR.. Nav
son and his companions in the Ant
arctic"