Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-25
REMARKABLE STORY
 OF POLAR EXPLORATIONS
Sir Douglas Mawson Tolls of His Re-
 searches on Antarctic Continent.
(Special to TTle BulIetin.

Washington. D. C., Jan. 2A-rellinS or times when dog meat-and the meat of starved -to-deati1 dogs at that tasted better than any porterhouse steak he had ever eaten: picturiIls a region where the average velocity of the wind is fifty miles, where a bunt- ing flag goes to shreds in few min utes, a flaS of stoutest canvas is thresi1ed to pieces in an hour. and a. f1a5 of tin iB battered out of shape in the first gale. 50 that sheet iron is the material that must be used: deScrIo- ing sea elephants tl1at weigh some times as much as four tons each and measure 25 feet in length: showing penguin rookeries so large and SD denselY populated that from q, vantage point they seemed like vast pebble strewn beaches, instead of bird colo uies, Sir Douglas Mawson has prs scented before the National Geographic society one of the most remarkable stories Of polar exploration that has ever come from those regions.
 In his account of his researches along the great AntaTctic continent discovered by Rear Admiral Charles WiIkes-who was the sans Admiral Wilkes who figured in the historic the American Civil war, held up the British packet Trent" and removed from her. Mason and Slidell-Sir Douglas paid tribute to the explorer ana ms WOrk.
 Afawson and his party undertook the work under the patronage of the Aus tralian government. The steamer Au- rora, formerly plying in American waters, was the ship that carried them to their base and finally brought them away. \ midway base with a wireless relay station through which the party could keep in touch with civilization, was eSta bilshed at AIacquarie Island, which was on the old sailing ship route between Australia and Cape Horn, and whose beaches are lined with the H-recks of many q ship The main base was established at Cape Denni- son, on the Antarctic continent, and a. second base several hundred miles farther east.
 Pictures were brought hack by Sir Douglas showing the nesting places of d number of birds of passage who go to the Polar continent to nest and, whose eggs have never been seen be- fore. The birds and sea elephants were absolute strangers to Dear, and would inspect the camera man with as much seeming interest as the came rSa, man inspected them.
 The character of the winds that blow on the edge of the Antarctic continent was graphically shown by the fact that the men had to lean out upon it, at an angle of perhaps 45 degrees to walk in the ordinary wind. while no !. COuIu ISCO40 dIIy lIlll1S OUl d- blank when the blizzard was at it's height The hut which was the head quarters of the party, had one window. which was in tine roof. The breath of the men and the steam of the kitchen caused this to become frosted over to thickness of five inches Men going out to take the records of the climate logical instruments had to break the ice that froze before their faces, from one side Of their hoods. to the other, and pictures showing how their faces were covered with great patches of frost bite, told an eloquent story of suffering.
 But the scene was not all sonbre. The cellar was natural refrigerator, and consisted simply Of the space