The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-25
Noted Explorer Must Spend
Another Year in the
Antarctic Region
STEAMSHIP BREAKS
FROM MOORINGS
Members Forced to Stay at the Ross
Sea Base - Expedition Was Organ
ICED for a Three-Fold Purpose,
Backed by 100000.

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LONDON, March 25. - despatch
from Sydney says that the steamship
Aurora of Lieutenant Shaekleton s ex-
|pedition has broken from her moorings
lat the Ross sea base, leaving most of
the party ashore and unable to EN-
bark. According to these advices,
Lieutenant Shackleton and his com
panions will be compelled to remain
another year before it will be possible
to rescue them.
An early report contained in de
spatch from Sydney, was simply to
the effect that Lieutenant Shackleton
had returned. = This led to the sup
position that lie had returned to sgd
lney. As a matter of fact, however, he
returned to his Ross sea base where
this latest misfortune has befallen
| him.
| j" You must not look for us until
about the beginning Of March, 1916, y
was the message Lieutenant Shackleton
gave out when he started for the Ant
arctic more than a year ago. The ex-
petition had three-fold purpose:
To navigate Antarctica on a meridi-
an to secure to the British flag the
honor of being the first national EN-
blem thus to be taken from sea to sea
across this South Polar realm and to
conduct scientific work relating, among
other phases, TO meteorology, geogra-
ply, geology and geodetic survey.
Funds for the purpose amounting to
more than 100000 were raised, in
Guiding $4,000 from the British gov
eminent.
The expedition left England in two
sections about six weeks after the Eu-
ropean war began, but it was not until
early January, 1915, after delay due to
unfavorable ice conditions. that the
! party headed by Sir Ernest himself sci
: off on a l,700-mile voyage from South
Georgia, an uninhabited island in the
South Atlantic ocean about 500 miles
due east of Cape Horn, for Ross sea
Y on the other side of the South Pole
From Tasmania on the New Zealand
side of the Antarctic, the section mean
: while had sailed, also for Ross sea
" there to meet Sir Ernest IS expedition
q with supplies for both sections to re
l turn to New Zealand. Sir Ernest hoped
9 originally to come out of the Antarcti
I'll by April, 1918, but conditions mad
:, necessary q change of plan. The sec
ton started from Tasmania was obliged
= to spend the winter of 1856 at Ros
: sea to await Sir Ernest S arrival whic1
4 had been expected some time thi
5 month
y Sir Ernest sailed in the Endurance.
q three master, the foremast squar
: rugged her auxiliary engines givin
: her a ten-knot speed. This vessel, o
$50 tons, was built with '.woode
: walls two feet thick of almost soil
s oak. Oak and plant pitch pine wer
: the only woods employed in her cor
:. struction. Her accommodations we1
for 80 persons and the party whic
sailed included Is officers and scien
lists, besides 20 dogs and number {
motor sledges.
The Ross sea party sailed on tn
Aurora, in command Of Lieutenar
= Arenas Macintosh, r. \. r.. who We
y in charge of the thermometers an
meteorological Instruments The AuroI
carried 20 dogs.
After leaving South Georgia, s
Ernest and his party, although equi
- ped with a limited wireless a
n paratus, had no communication wit
II the civilized world Friends of Il
II explorer, however, did not expires
II anxiety, explaining that difficulties
II erecting and insulating masts ON Il
II ice after the party left the ship mac
II it improbable, if not impossible, tn
II he would be heard from, at least unit
= the homeward voyage from Ross s.
was well under way.
y The Argentina government preser
ed to the Endurance a powerful viii
less receiving equipment when the sh
t. touched at Buenos Aires late in 10