Evening star., 1915-04-02
ANTARCT|CPOWER
GOING TO WASTE
Sir Douglas MaWson Tells OF
Constant Winds of High
Velocity.
RICHES IN MINERALS
AND IN FUR RANCHING
Noted Scientist. Here to Lecture.
Tells Of Possible Manufactured !.
Energy 10 Be Obtained


The vast possibilities OF benefit to
mankind which lie in the antarctic
Continent i continent as large as the
North American continent. awaiting &c
vclopmcnt will continue to lead SCI
entists and explorers to the far SOUTH
in tic opinion OF Sir Douglas Mawson.
leader OF the Australian antarctic eN-
pcdit;on Of 19l1-l:. who is in Wash
ipcton lecturinG on that expedition
Il have a belief that every land on
m, face OF the globe will be of use
ana used BY mankind sooner or later
said sir Douglas in an interview with
a reporter for The star today. Il am
confident that great mineral stores viii
nc located eventually in the antarctic
continent. for VIC found many evil
dcnces OF such deposits. Then there IS
The SCI; lie in the Antarctic ocean
..trhc sea teens with as much life az
10 TN. tropics Already whaling soutn
of south America is bringing in q rich
annual harvest, more thah d .. ii,',.o,
pounds sterling. Another inuus,.S
which is developing in the lar Soulh
is the ranching Of fur animals. fur
animals are gradually becoming e.
tinrt. ana there is a big opportunity IN
the development of such an INDUSTRY.
Enormous Power Wasted.
"Bnt what strikes me most. forciplN
is the enormous power which IS so,hs
to waste in those regions. We hep'
records the entire time We were tieie'
and they showed that the winds sWeen
over those frozen plateaus az .eFrii'S
r.ta and continuously. Fifty miles an
bn,,r Is the average for every hour IN
~ antire year Sometimes the Wlho
blows over a hundred miles an hour'
With gusts reaching 10 miles an Hodl;
..Why not harness this power any
,ransnort il to the industries which
renujre il thousands Of miles away
Sir Douglas said that he beieNed
that men would be making Iaoiu,i, a,,,n, anu
other substances similar to radium.
but which develop energy mucn more
swiftly than radium. in the antarc.Ic
some day, and that then 1t VIII pc pos
sible to bottle up this tremendous
energy and ship it by parcel post.
Air Full of Electricity.
IF We could put few packages OF
this energy in a steamship and use y
to run the vessel across the ocean.
said Sir Douglas. what a saving OF
expenditure and of freight space u
would be- The atmosphere in the ant
arctic is surcharged with electricity,
and often in the darkness all pointed
objects. including IN the Nose Nose light alu An
insulated wire run through the nut IN
which the party made its headquarters
provided a continuous light.
Although only thirty-two years o.d
sir Douglas Mawson has made Wofld-
wide reputation for himself as scien-
tihc explorer. and was knisnted py
king George in recognition OF his
services to science as head. OF the
Aurora expedition to the antarctic. The
object of this expedition was 10 learn
as much from a scientific standpolnt,
a bout the vast continent OF the south
make dash for the south pole. but to
man the coasts and to make scientinc
observations.
Sir Douglas Near Death.
Sir Douglas, during 30o-miie trip
from the camp, was as close to death
as possible and live. With two COM
panions, Lieut. Ninnis and DR.. Mertz.
Sir Douglas made the trip for observa-
tions. Lieut. MINIS. with the best
sIedpe. half of the dogs and practical
ly ali of the food. fell into crevasse
and never was seen again Ineh pe
can a trip which lasted over two
months. when all Sir Douglas and Dr.
Mertz had TO eat was the meat OF
frozen dogs The final thirty-one days
Of the trip Sir Douglas made alone
for Dr. Nertz had died, not being able
10 get sufficient nutrition from the oog
meat.
ny condition, Sir Douglas located some
proyisions which a s>arch party had
left twenty-five miles from camp.
THAT saved my life said Sir DOUG.
las. "for i was down to two pounds or
dog meat