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ESCAPE OF SHACKLETON
PARTY MOST REMARKABLE
nurther Message Received From Ex-
plorer, Who Now Is Mt
SD Port Stanley.
UNIQUE JOURNEY OVER ICE
Terrible Privations Suffered by Men.
Who Meet With Unprecedented
Weather-Sevcral OF Party Ma
rooned on Elephant Island.

LONDON. June IA further mes
sage received to-day from Lieutenant
aSir Ernest Shackleton. the Antarctic
explorer. whose arrival at Port Stan
Icy, Falkland Islands. was made known
Yesterday, shows that the expedition
had a remarkable escape.
After meeting with almost unpre-
cedented weather in the early part of
1913, the lieutcnant's ship Endurance
was badly nipped by great icebergs.
and aftcrward foundcred Sir Ernest
succeeded in getting off all his men
and some stores Terrible privations
were suffered. After "A most hazardous
Journey. the explorer reached Elephant
Island. The scarcity of food became so
serious that he decided To leave the
greater part Of his men whf,c he sc,
on for help. Rations for the men left
behind were stored in hole dug in
the ice
After journey Of three weeks. such
as probably is unique in the annals OF
Antarctic expeditions. Sir Ernest
reached South Georgia. There he sought
the assistance Of whalcrs for the
rescue of the party on Elephant Island
nut this proved TO he impossible. owing
to the prevalence OF unfavorable
weather conditions. The message says
.
marooned men
.l In view of the Information received
from Lieutenant Shackleton. the plans
OF the government for sending a relief
expedition from England will be aban-
doned. and whalcr will be sent from
the Falkland Islands to rescue the
marooned men.
SIR DOUGLAS MANSON
After careful examination Of the
text Of Lieutenant Shacklcton'e orig
inal cable. Sir Douglas Mawson, the
explorer. said to-day:
'Elstead of drifting until April 2
OF this year. as has been suggested. IL
is quite plain the Endurance was stuck
In the ice foes from March Of last
year until October -. when the pres
sure became too great. The Endur-
ance was crushed. and sank on the
latter date In the middle OF wcddeIl
Sea
lieutenant Shackleton abandoned
the sinking ship. dragging the whale
boats and supplies on an ice hoe on
which he continued 10 drift until April
or this year. II appears that having
at that time reached open water the
lieutenant and his companions launched
90 hhlSbpdl anu SallcN Tor E.lcnnant
Island, Of tho South shetland croup
arriving there April lG.
There the Lieutenant, lef, twcnty.
two men in an Ice cave. and proceeded
with five others In an open boat to
South Georgia Island where he hoped
to meet whaling vessels and thus get
In touch with civilization His voyage
from the South Shctlands TO South
Georgia. a distance Of 500 miles. in an
/ open twenty-foot boa; amid ice. was a
hazardous and remarkable feat. even
FOR so skilled a navigator and seaman
as Shackleton
THE South Shetland Islands are in
vested with foe ice q: this time Of
the year, and II Will not be easy TO
reach the men on Elephant Island until
later, though no doubt whalcrs will be
sent now from tho Falkiands In an at
tempt to rescue them. II is understood
Australia is sending a relief party to
reach the ten men who are stranded on
the great barrier on the Ross Sea side,
owing to the breaking away OF the
auxiliary Aurora, which was to have
met the main party when II emerged