The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-12
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CaDt Ernest shackalton. commaho- ing tho Britisb Antarctic expedition, sailed from Buoynos Agres los lae sonth oc1onor 2S and VIII have tae adVantase Of the southern summer ID his effort to got as near Co Che pole ae poi bie before he must prepare for winter
 Capt shaekletons loot word to e.t-l iiiration sent 70 the New York Woria' ! was seleeraphed from tho south Amer ican metropolis on hia sailing date, an9 was as folIows:
 RuENos AyREs. Oct 2s.-l send you my last eable ag we etart ior tne Antarctic. We are loaYins now @ carry on our white warfare, aud our arewon meaaage 10 our country la hat we ahoii do our best to make good.
 phought we shall be shut off from the outer world for many months, our tboushts and prayers Vil be with our brothers lighting aL tho front VIC hope, In our omail way, to add victor les In aclonce and diseoyory to thot cartain victory which our nation will achieve in the cauaa of honor and h'
 Made chanse ln Fiano.
 'g have had Go make some changes ! iin our plans. The most important aA, teration is our program ig that instead of the Endurance returning to South Georgia and Buenos Ayrea after land ing tho members Of the expedition, ns originally intended. she will winter in the Antarctic This plan will enable us to use practically all the coal on board in an effort to make rapid uro- gross io the south.
 "We are sailing today for south Georgia. On our arrival there ali oun dogs win be landed on one Of the small islands and left ashore. They hare very important part Of our leQupment and some of them aro suf- ierlng slightly from want of exer- cise.
 eThey have not been off the ship since leaving England. The geoiogists of my staff win also remain at South ! Georgia, where there is useful soien- tile work to be done.
 Endurance % Go South.
 "Tho Endurance will then proceed South. 70 examine the pack ice. and see whether it is loose enough to SO into without unnecessary delay. After such an examination we shall return to South Georgia to pick up the mem lbers of the expedition and dogs.
 "The Endurance will be cooled to lher fullest capacity, and, proceeding South again we shall push right into the pack ice. keeping as much to the eastward as paesible. iu the hope Of meeting more open water than is probably to be found further westward From all reports, ] gather that t ia very heavcy ice season ip the Wed- dell Sea. ] hope to winter tho vessel In 77.8O degree south latitude, but < We gain this point at Q sufficiently early date we may possibly start on the transcontnental journoy this sen son. should the ice conditions be un- favorable the Journey will not be be- ! gun until October of 1915.
 The Argentine government has pro, yided us with Q powe.Icl wireless re- ceiyer, with which we muy hear from the outside world while we are in the Antarctic.
 Communication with us will, Of course, be only one way, for it will not 1 be possible for us to transmit megsag- es. The minister Of marine has prom. lsed to dispatch wireless time signal from New York Island station, which will unable us to correct the chrono- meters from time to time, and doubt 1 less we shall receive other inteili- gence.
 We have enjoyed splendid recep- ton here, and the authorities have done everything possible to help the expedition
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