Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
EXPLORER PAYS TRIBUTE
TO HIS INTREPID CREW
Sir Crnc>t .hnrk Teton. Thrilling story
OF Adventures in south
Folar Region.

WASHINGTON May lS.-payins
hiSh tribute TO his intrepid crew Sir
ERNEST Shack Ictor. Antarctic explorer.
"iIo is on his way back to England.
;'f,er neari' -four years work in The
SoYth Polar region Thursday after
noon and crcniuE told the ii...ilus
-tct-Y of lis ad,cuturcs Go 30on Ia. m
hers OF The National Geographic So
't"'y aud thcii' guests AT Mem or!l! Con-
tiinnial Hull. aud illustrated his talk
Win many remarkable pictures OF the
expedition IN the land Of Ice and snow.
which lies many miles 10 the south Of
the u;tcrmcst tin Of South America
IN tho afternoon Secretary Lansing
laid aside The cares o. state and See
rotary Houston temporarily forgot the
prooicm o. feeding "a nation to Journey
IN fancy with the explorers. In the
evening CHIEF Justice White ana many
other famous men and women We're in
INC audience which listened 20 tic lee
turcr with rapt attention.
Sir Ernest ;old how the party was
organized ia 1913. ard how IL lief, Eng
land on thc daY that the great war
was declared so;nE forward AT the cx-
press wish OF King George after every
member had volunteered his services
10 his country, aud II was suggested
mat tho work be deferred unii! after
tic war In tho $500 applications for
places in the p~rty he said there wore
those OF - great number OF Wom en-,
hut tho cNpcdition started with nifty.
SIN men IN Two ships at the end OF
Hui! lolt. The southwark dash started
FROM BuenoS Aires on October -, 1914
Win the hope OF crossing the CONT
ncnt OF h1turctica and thence TO Aus
iralIa, hut this hope was abandoned
when the good ship Endurance was
crushed in the ice and sunk November
20, 1915.
TELLS or HARDsHIPs
OF MES And DOGS
lie told az tho hardships Of tho men
and dogs on tho leo and OF their trim
OF 100 miles TO Elephant Island in ,hc
small boats through tine winter sea
Arriving there, thc men picked up
handouts Of sand ana pcbbics and let
them tricklc through their fingers "as
miser would handle gold he said
they had not been on land in so long
.NlthouSh the scientific rations devils
cd FOR tho trip, which were cnincntly
Sdtisfactor$. produced tho ma ximum
amount OF suatenanco ana occupied the
minimum amount of a.,ace. the end Of
all was in sight unless help could be
brought to E.lcphan, Island. for il was
500 miles across Tie sea to the nearest
human habitation.
Tho boss" as his mcm called Sir
Ernest, called for five volunteers TO 60
with him in the small boat across these
hundreds OF miles Of icc-strcwn sea to
give assistance 10 tho main party left
on the island. under Frank Wild
Shackletcn's second in command. Sir
Ernest described the sufferings OF this
memorable "oyaGc. which won out in
the face OF tremendous odds and
brought sucoor after several unsucccss-
ful attempts
Especial tribute was paid to Wild
Tor ii was he who Kept the men in
good cheer through the long. weary
months before the rcscnng party wax
at last successful and arrived to take
them Oft.
Gilbert r. G.osNcnor. director OF the
National Geographic society, introduce
cd the lecturer AS ono OF the great
explorers Of all TING, whose name
ranks with those OF DC Soto, Magellan
and our own Peary." and recalled tho
day several years ago when Sir Ernest
was awarded a special medal OF the
society for his work OH the previous
expedition. when he got within ninety
seven miles OF the pole, the nearest at
that time.