Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-30

Although not bringing with them
the international hero, Sir Ernest
ShackIeton, the Britisher who is
wGrld famous for his explorations in
Antarctic. regions, officers Of the Can.
adian AustTalasian steamer Niagara,
in port This morning from the south.
west, brought some interesting news
Of the noted man and told why he did
not arrive today as expected.
A few days before the Niagara left
Sydney, according 10 the Niagara of.
ficers, ShackIeton arrived there from
Wellington, New Zealand, and found
that he would be unable to come north
on the Niagara as he had contemplat.
ed on account Of several lectures
which bad been arranged for him In
Australia and to which the residents
had been looking forward with con.
siderable pleasure. He is especially
popular in Australia.
Shackleton announced that there
was no use OF ais loafing around.
however, and that as soon as he had
filed his engagements In the south
he proposed TO proceed directly to
Europe To taEc his lIace with the
figating men, The Niagara officers
were questioned all along their route
north about Sha.;sleton by many pee
ple VINO had heard he was coming and
we're disappointed that he did not, but
il is thought ne will go directly from
Auckland TO san Francisco.
Nothing in the thrilling annals OF.
polar exploration exceeds the record
Of the latest effort of Sir Ernest
Shackleton, In 1S14-I916, further to lay
hare the mysteries Of the Antarctic, in
startling adventure. heroic endurance,
indomitAble feats OF extrication from
positions OF disaster. and Of rescue
from situations Of dire peril. In the
iast-mentiofed category was the de-
liverance. by the leader himself, OF
party OF 90 from an ice-bound island,
on which they had been marooned for
more than four months.
Withal the expedition was far from
barren OF scientific results. Writing
from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands,
which he visited IN quest of means
der date 81 MY si isfs. shackietOn
said in concluding his report for the
New York World:
'The work. Of The expedition to date
includes the discovery Of 200 miles OF
new coast One. and . se0mnlete hydro
graphical 1ufvey OF the 'Weddell Sea;
the elimination Of New South Green
land from the map; continuous mag.
netic and meteorological observations;
important biological records: cinema
records up 70 Oct. 80, 1915, and a
Photographic record 10 date"
TWO ships Employed
Shackleton sailed from Liverpool on
Sept. 10, 1914. and. from. Buenos Ayres
on Oct. 26. The vessel that took him
cut of the Argentine port was the
Endurance. which also carried part of
]ais expedition, the other section hav-
ing started on the Aurora for the Ross
Sea The original plan was for the
two sections to unite and then to be-
gin the effort to cross the South Polar
continent from sea to sea.
Known as the British Transatlantic
expedition, the adventure had a three
fold purpose: To navigate Antarctica
on a meridian: to secure for the Brit
fish flag the honor Of being the first
national emblem thus to be taken from
sea TO sea across this South Polar
realm, and to conduct scientific work
relating. among other phases, to
meteorology, geography, geology and
eeodetic survey
: Calling at Macquarie Island on De-
cember so. 1914. the Aurora landed
some. stores for the islanders and
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