New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05
SCIENTISTS PLAN ,,,,,
A 7-YEAR VOYAGE
J. Foster StackhOuse to
Lead Sounding andftS
Charting Expedition. rs
SURVEY TO BE MADE
OF TITANIC'S GRAWF
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Every Ocean To Be Visited, from
Iceland to Singapore, ssrsf
East ard West. 'sas

From The Tribune COrrcSnonfea'1
London. June - The Stackhouse
expedition, led by J. Foster Stackhoose,
which was originally intended TO con-,
Germ itself only with exploring the Apt-.,
arctic coast, has since its inception de-oo,
veloped into a scheme for surveying
sounding and ehartirS the ocean and
its bed or a scale which has not bsen.
attempted since the Challenger expsdi- ',9
ton of lS72-'76 -
According TO tire original plan, vhc
expedition was TO start from London IN
the Discovery next December nndSbe
back IN about two years; but now'the
plan is to make the voyage extend cyct
six or seven years. The original idea OF
exploring the Antarctic coast has not
been abandoned, but on the voyage ont
and home the Discovery will zigZay
over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
and endeevor TO mark exactly the many
islands. rocks and shoals which are now
noted on the charts as position doubt
full"
The route followed will be roughly
from London TO Iceland, then 10 Nova
Scotia. stopping for soundings on the
site of the Titanic disaster. From ii1-'t'
flax the Discovery will sail for thc''
Azores, and from there across TO rri1>
dad, examining on the way the various
parts of the ocean where there - mo-.
present record of soundings. The route =
will lead from Trinidad to Rio do Ja>a
metro and southeast of the BrgZiLnno
metropolis. The great sandbank sehss
the trade route around Cape Horn wilt
he examined, then TO Monteyideo aud,
Buenos Ayres, taking soundings all the
way. The Atlantic will be crossed again,
from Buenos Ayres to Cape Town, and
from there the Antarctic part Of the sN-
petition will start. After the Antarcrlc
The South Seas and the Pacific will be
visited
Soundings in the Pacific. ~ 1s
The task of sounding the Pacifrf ,
Ocean is considered to be OF the ~.
most importance in view Of the open r
ING of the Panama Canal. A return
will be made to Cape Town and tnsif
the Discovery will 20 to Mauritius, eS-
aiming on the way the banks on t'''s
south coast Of Africa. From Mauritfns
the route will | c TO Zanzibar. thence 20
,bc Sevcbclles. to the north OF whics'
there are drifting banks on the route
10 india. After that Bombay, Sinsa'
pore. Hong-kong and japan. -
There will be on the Discovery unders
he command Of Mr.. Stackhouse twctre q
scientists. six bridge oihcers apo q
eighteen or nineteen sailors. whilc.they
hydrographical and scientific eqnPps-5
ment of the vessel will be as com pl'}ssoj
"a the co-operatiOn Of the NarP@s o
learned societies can make II. Ala WI
officers and crew of the Discovery lF'tSQ b
signed on for seven years. ..laeS,e
Il is estimated that about S3oo,9YY,,
will be required to cover the expense ;,
If the VOYAGE. and of this sum spfs
nroyjmatelv sl25.000 has still TO be,
raised. Up TO the present time me
government has not been approached
Tor n contribution, though the Chst~e
longer expedition Was practically snnp
norted from the Exchequer. In IN" II
present expedition the officers ana
scientists axe giving. their service
gratuitously. The skeleton time Gole
is made up "a follows:
lall-Teayo London IN Decembe' e...,
iai--Survcy y. Atlantic 20 Iceland So
nm Bank. to Trinidad. W. indies on
lanuc bsokbone' 10 Morteyidoo aud iEpf
i6lt.To Antarctic Continent thonop
Sandwich ISLANDS: IRON 'ar" Town 70 49,
bay STA Zauzib1f. Pomhsy - 'hFi- f"''
island colombo. aLi sirgeior". -
1gl.-Hong Kong; japan; re1 az 'lh"o''"'
Pa .ihr ISLANDS. on now trade Iodics
is's-lelauds 81 Austraiisn Coast, Fp; Low
,rchp.. Caroliucs. eic., hing Edward acHt
im.-Eing Edward WI Land. Buda9od
Bank. smy;h 'hsnnoE Pitcairn a"d MAJ
tis.6--I.!ands or Panama canal in ract.r.
Nov YorS. Nep iounciand and thence hoiT'
good deal Of time Will be spent "a
he neighborhood OF the scene OF tpe
Titanic disaster, as in the nelghborsl
hood OF that spot three master MARX
ncrs have ~ various times reporisor
rocks. and an attempt viii be made 10
discover If there Is /ny ocean noun
tain rising in the path Of Atlantic
liners.
To Explore Sand Hill.
Another important task in the North
Atlantic will be the exploration Of the
remarkable sandbank known as Sand
Hill. which is believed to be the Top
of some great Atlantic mountain. In
the Indian Ocean the hitherto uusur
veyed channel between Zanzibar and
the mainland will be sounded and se'7
curately charted. 10 TO the present.
time trade in the Pacific has been corr
fined TO the A5iatic and American
shores. and in consequence an inl-f
mense number of positions are doUttl''
full. The charts of to-day bear many
warnings sucn as MANY dangers re-
ported in this locality; TWO rocSsf
doubtful"
With the opening of the Panama
Canal the whole position with regard
10 the commerce Of the Pacific will be
altered. and il becomes imperativcly'
necessary TO ill in the great gaps on
the present charts. and this work VIII
ho updertaken hy tho Discovery. car