The evening times., 1914-02-28
SCOTS VESSEL
TO Make VOYAGE
Will Be Commanded by
Stackhouse in British Ant
arctic Expedition.
WILL EXPLORE
UNCHARTED REGION
ssTbc Discovery" Historic Steamer. to
Sail 5000 Miles. and VIII he Gone
Three or Four Ycars-T0 Try
Counting Sandwich Islands.

London. FEB. .S.-'rhc steamer
Discovery. which the late Captain
Scott used I'm his first Antarctic Noy-
age, has nccm chartered by the Brit
;sh Antarctic nxptelltion which is tu
he commanueh ny j. Foster Stack
house. and via leave London about
the frs. of August for the far south.
MIR. Stavill1ouse. whose exploratory
work had heretofore been confined 10
Iceland. will make no attempt 10
will be Ia determine the coast line of
King Edward MI Land on one side
nf tho Antarctir circle. and Graham
Land on the other. Between these
TWO sections Of discovered land
sirc,ches a vast and practically un-
e>plored region. The expedition VIII
i'tempt 10 reach ihn Pole and deter
me whether ihs Intervening space
=. land ur sea. whether King Edward
VT Land is part of the great Antarc-
ic continent or merely an island or
group nf islands set in the frozen sea,
The existence OF Graham Land and
o' Goats Land, F.nderhy Land and
'<emp Land on the Atlantic border of
l,n great ice barrier as well as the
discovery of land south by Lieutenant
I'll, hner of the German expedition in
inil. support the continental theory.
on the other hand the great area of
rack ice massed on the north and
vest coasts Of King Edward VII Land
points. Mr. Stackhouse suggests. to
the drift of ice nortirWard from the
Wcddell sea to the Ross sea. presum-
ahly through, strait separating King
Edward VII Land from Graham Land.
This is the most southerlN OF British
possessions for the whole region be-
tween meridian 20 degrees west and
meridian 80 degrees west is claimed
for the British crown. The informa
Ion which the expedition will obtain
as to harhors. whaling stations and
scaling grounds will he of great serv-
ice 10 the whaling industry Of the
Falkland islands
consist of twenty-five men and in ad
dition there will ne five scientists.
several OF the Ships officers also un-
flertaking scientific observations. They
will have an aeroplane for photo
graphic survey work and this TOO will
choose the best route when he wants
TO advance. Most of the navigating
and scientific staff have already been
chosen. Iieutensnt a. F.. Harhord of
i"h roya1 navy who was navigating
of'i"cr on the Nimrod in the Shackle
Discovery. The first ofticer will he
Lieutenant Richard III. Gars,in Of the
Royal indian marine. who has con-
adorable knowledge of surveying. and
the navigating officer. who comes
from the same service. will he Lieu
tenant II; Rra;ty. a cousin Of Rear
Admiral Da'-iH Beatty. Chief Petty
"tliccr Tom Green. who sailed with
Scott in both MS Discovery and Terra
Nova cHpcdi;onS. will, be hoatswair
Among TN" scientific staff will be
Lord Congleton Of the Grenadier
Guards. VIII" has 'lons - great deal
of military survey work: the Master
hill. has ser:cd hi apprenticeship in
engineering. and will have charge of
the ,neteotnloc: .! department.. the
electrical plant and the motor boa,
aud aeroaian" ~nsines: Captain A. S.
Canirc}l. WHO has been lent Ny the
survey work: VI. II. Stewart Ciarnett
NJ. A.. an expert on skis and qualified
marine engineer and ID. Hector Pear
son. An officer in the E.ssex tcrr.torials
will be oneof the surveyors.
The expedition will he away for
three or four years. From Capetown
where the scientific instruments will
ne finally tested, the Discovery will
sail to the Falkland islands. a dis
,ance Of about 900 miles. Deep sea
soundhgs. which will have consid-
cradle hydrographtcal value. will he
taken In these little freuuented seas.
On The way the Discovery will ascer-
tain the exact number of islands con-
tained in the Sandwich group and de-
Iernine the position OF the shag
rocks. Discussing his plans Mr.. Stack
house said: After calling at the
Falklands. the Discovery will proceed
to the east side Of Grahams Land.
Here I propose to land party of
hfteen about December 20. Thei, ia 81,
viii be to determine a doubt as to
the insularfty OF Graharns Land. The
existence of a strait between Ora
hams Land would explain the great
accumulation Of ice between that land
and the great barrier. This part of
the expedition will have the assist
ance of the a4rman. He will, I am
convinced. ave them much useless
siedse-hauline. They will also carry
out large amount Of survey work.
remaining together twelve or fourteen
months. Meanwhile the Discovery
will proceed to Larsen'S sea and en-
deavor to flx the coast between Gra-
hams Land and the base Of the last
German expedition about 7s degrees
south.
Returning after winterins in the
ice, we will pick up the land party
about January, 1916, and then en-
deavor to make Charcot Land, and
the following spring go down the
coast to McMurdo sound. We will
leave early in 1917 for Nox, z.,I,,, =,