The chronicle=news., 1914-05-25
SHACkElTOu IS
READY FOR new
ARCTIC TRIP

t.sasoa. Nas ss.-Wish the thos.
aashn@s. ~hlsh has Always skasar-
,.si.-s hi. sssk. Sic Erss.s skaski.-
sSs is .b-.is to 2sk~ = preliminary
trial -si-aiisss asass Nfstie eosai.
ssons In ,ae glaciers of Nafvss
Tbs all, L~ Toe The special pusg-,.-
OF Irsssas sse sssios. rot his trip
across sh. Aa,arsie suaisasni. which
he h.ss-s ss make 10 foas saa . half
nsoashs tin.s No r>ssss esrs start
.I sss,. ui,heti hssisk food dsnsss.
Z. make snsh a distance ~ that ia =
straight line. ba, sis t:ssiksi aai hi.
m.n have mad. special psepsrs,inn.
TOT the asirmpss
ThsT have. ~isa the aid os The
isa,Ai Asmy Medical Corps. evolved
,s- perfect tstisss u will aver
,s. oniy ss osne-s daily. a. com.
lard ~iss The three ,oaaas os nasr
saa.amed b, the average msa. bait IL
i. believed II svps~s~sss the hish-st
susstttv~ taias soe polar Ssassi.
Sir Esn~s. ~iii h~ accompanied b.,
five sn~mh~s. af bic staff ~h-a be
xa~s TO Norway IN .aaaust ~sp-si.
meats .i,h iE~s- sa,ioas ana also
,~ss h;s tents and meter si-sax-so The
rastF siii isa polar kis and travel
smons sh- glaciers While the cold
- iii not be ss intense ss in the polar
regions. the .olniry ~iiI furnish the
sane sas, of sudden billiards. A. arc
Experienced in the Antarctic
Tho rar,y -iii i-.s tho efficiency
and potency os tho ration. in ths
meat detailed fashion. such an ~.
n-rin,-at never has bc-a made be-.
fore.
| shaeki.ton'. nov ship. the Endur.
an.-. has been almcs' com ,lslcly fit.
ted in Norway and will arrive at The
London docks this month. She i.
eighteen foe, longer than his last
ship SimToa. She IL a beautiful
specimen Of wooden ship building
and probably the last Of her elias.
that will he constructed. Her wh"l.
keel is made NJ solid oak five and n
half feet thick. and her sides arc two
feet thick. She belongs to the bark.
antinc rias.. has the latest triple cS.
palsion engines. and will steam ton
knots an hour. She IL fitted to con.
snmc both oil and coal. When In
the ice. oil will be substituted for
coal. which will mean economy II she
II delayed in the pack-as the boil.
era can he kept warm and full heat
generated quickly. when the oil has
been used the tanks will be filled
with water ballast. The Endurance
viii, take on loo tons of coal bria.
ucttes at the South shetland islands
10 she will enter the weddcll sea
with full bunkcrs.
| The second ship. Aurora intend.
cd for. the Ross Sea side OF the expe.
diiion. has been purchased and will
be delivered at Hobart. Tasmania. n,
the end OF August.
| The Endurance. which II to oper.
ate on the opposite side of the Ant.
arctic. will leave England carly In
August for Buenos Aires. whence she
Will finally start for the Antarctic
base in October. Most of the mem
bcrs OF the expedition will leave En-
gland In the Endurance but Si- IT.
nest Shacklcton will travel later by
mail steamer. and join his shin nj
Rucnos Aires.
The dogs. which constitute an i'm.
portani factor In the expedition. are
n cross between wolf and a Scotch
Istag hound. and have been bred. in
northern Canada. Tho lightest oi
them will turn the scales at eighty
pounds whereas the heaviest dog
with the last Shacklcton expedition
weighed 10 pounds. They have been
selected by the experts OF the Hu I.
sons Bay Company. and will be un.
der tn" charge of one of the most ex
pcricnccd drivers from Canada. whs
was chosen by tho Commissioners o.
tine Northwcs, Mounted Police.