The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-23

with consumption.
The likes and dislikes Of the civil
lied world for certain kinds OF mea'
are largely psychological.
Nature has provided edible anima.s
Just as palatable and nourishing rs
those commonly used for food.
The animal food supply Of the amt
arctic regions is varied and apparently
inexhaustible.
The present progress in airpianes
and airships is so rapid that 1t seems
foolish to set bounds to their future
development.
Sir Ernest says he knows sea eie-
plants, sea lions, seals, penguins and
othfr animals and birds of the ant
erTac ar3 ediale4 Well, he should
sn6w Whit he's falking about ne
certainly Md chance to find out ON
nis second antarctic exploration.
Although Cook, as far back as 1774,
got south as far as II degrees 10 min
ltes, and Weddell. Ross. Borchgrevink.
and De Gerlache did valuable explora-
tion work between 1928 and 1900, 1t
was not until Capt. Robert F. Scott's
FIRST expedition In 1902 that the world
.-eaily became interested in the south
pole. For some reason the race for
discovery honors was principally to-
ward the north pole. Shackleton fol-
lowed Scott in 1909. Then Roald
Amundsen reached the south pole in
1911. Scott also reached 1t few
days later.
Shackleton's second party left
Buenos Aires October 27. 1914. aboard
the Endurance, small. sturdy ship,
built especially to Withstand the or-
slaught Of the ice. In addition to the
crew, scientists and explorers, the En-
durance carried nearly 40 dog teams,
which later proved of untold value In
aiding the party to cross the Ice on
their historic journey back to civiliza-
f1on.
The first stop of the expedition was
At South Georgia. the southernmost
outpost of the human race, where ar
rangements had previously been made
for taking on supplies to last through
the winter. Seal-meat was feature
OF these supplies.
The Endurance started again toward
the Bottom OF the World" For weeks
the ship upheld her name calamity,
fighting her way through the treacher-
ous antarctic seas. Each day the
Journey became more difficult and
more dangerous. With colder weather
and heavier Ice the members Of the
expedition came to realize that 1t was
only n question of days until they
would have to give up the journey un-
I'll spring should break the ice again.
At three degrees from their destina-
tion. the white horror of the antarctic
closed in upon them. Weeks were
spent in attempts to clear the way to
the open sea. but all to no avail. The
ice was relentless. And then the sun
set. not to rise again till spring.
Months were spent In preparation for
the final dash to the pole. Everything
was in readiness. Then, as Shackleton
puts 1t. 9Th little party lest its home
and its hopes"
The Endurance was crushed by the
pressure of the ice. which followed
IN the heels of .errific blizzard. such
as could occur only in the polar re-
gions. The ice tore the rudderpost
rom the ship and few moments later
she was thrown sideways to an angle
of forty-five degrees
The entire party was forced to aban-
Ion the doomed vessel. removing all
necessary supplies. A few weeks later
the ice ground the ship to pieces-at
,ast sending it to the bottom.
With the possibility OF reaching the
pole beyond all human endeavor, the
expedition started on the long and
periInuS return Journey. With the crew