The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-30
S~HACKLETON NOW
PREPARING FOR
ARCTIC TRIP
Great English Polar Adven-
turer Soon to Begin Placing
Food Depots for Proposed
Journey Across Arctic Con-
tinent.

London May 3O.-With rae thor
oughncss which has always chnrac-
tcrised his work. Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton rs about 20 make a preliminary
trial expedition under Arctic condi-
tions IN the glaciers of Norway. This
viii be for the special purpose of
testing the rations for his trip across
the Antarctic continent. which n
hopes to make in four and "a hair
months time. Ma party ever started
out, without having God depois. To
make such a distance as that In n
straight line. but Sir Ernest and his
men have made special preparations
fcr the attempt.
They have. with the aid of the
Royal Army Medical corps evolved
the perfect rationf' II viii average
only SO unc daily. as compared
with the three pounds or mere con
sumed by the average ma but IL Is
believed ~ represents the highest nu-
tritive value FOR polar travel.
Sir Ernest viii bc accompanied hy
five members Of his staff when ne
goes To Norway 10 conduct expert
ments with these ration and also
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party viii don polar kit and travel
among the glaciers. While the cold
win not DE as intense as Ia the polar
regions. the country win furnish the
same sort 81 sudden bliSzards AS are
experienced In the Antarctic.
The party will test the effect and
Potency Of the rations IN most dc
tailed fashion. such an experiment
never has been made before.
Shackleton's new ship, the Endur-
ance. has been almost completely fit
ted In Norway and win arrive al the
London docks his month. She is
eighteen feet longer than his last ship
Nimrod. She IL a beautiful specimen
0f wooden ship building. and prob
ably the last n her class hat viii be
constructed. Her whole keel Is
made of solid oak five and a half feet
thick, ana her sides are W feet
thick. She belongs 10 the baTkantinc
class. has the latest triple expansion
engines and win steam ten knots ~
hour. She Is fitted Go consume both
oil and coal when In the ice, oil
win be substituted for coal, which will
mean economy II she Is delayed Ia tho
pack. as the boilers can be kept warm
and full eat generated quickly. When
the oil has been used he tanks viii
be filled with water ballast The En-
durance will take on 100 tons ~ coal
~hfiquettes al the South Shetland isl-
ands, So sho will ontor the WeddeiI
sea with fui bunkers.
The second ship. Aurora Intended
for the Ross sea side of The oxpedi-
tion. has been purchased and will 10
delivered at Hobart. Tasmania az th'
end 81 August.
The Endurance, which is 70 oper.
ate on The opposite side of the Ant
arctic, viii leave England early 30
August for Buenos Ayres. whence she
viii finally start for the Antarctl,
base In october. Most OF the mem.
bers Of the expedition viii leave Eng
land In the Endurance but Sir Ernest
shackleton viii travel later bv mai
steamer ana join his ship al Bueno.
Ayres.
The dogs. which constitute an I'm.
portaBt factor In tho expedition. ari
a cross between a wolf and a Scotch
stag hound. and have been bred IN
northern Canada. The lightest OF
them viii turn the scales AZ eight,
pounds whereas the heaviest dog viii
the last shackieton expedition weigh
ed as pounds. they have been ne
locted by the experts Of the Hnason'l
Bay company, and viii be- under thu
lchRrge Of one Of the most experienced
drivers from Canada, who was chosen
by the commissioners OF the Nurti
West Mounted Police.
The latest appointments "a the *
probationary staff are Sir Philip lee
Brocklehurst, who was with Sbaekle
ton In 1897 and 1903 and who mad
the first assent OF Mount Erebua. ans
his brother, Lieut.. Courtney Brockie
hurst Of the nth Hussars. Humid
reds al applications for positions viii
the expedition have been received.