The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-27
NINETEEN MEN
 lNPARTY WITH
 SHACKLETON
CDy Associated Prcss)


 LONDON. Sept 27.-The voyage of the Quest, the quaint little 2OO.ton ship which is carrying Sir Ernest Shackleton and his party to frozen mysteries in the South Polar seas, has for it's objective not only oceano- graphic research but the exploration of petrified forest and the location of Host" island-Tuanak - the ad- jaCent waters of which have not been sailed for more than 90 years. In ad- dition, soundings will be taken of the ocean plateau surrounding Coughs island in an effort to determine the truth regarding supposed underwater continental connection between Africa and America
 Nineteen persons, representing each of the British self-gOvernng domin. ions. are expected to be aboard when the tiny but staunCh craft, built for tight corners" leaves Capetown, South Africa, for two years of buffeting it's way through the Antarctic ice.
 The Quest. uses both sail and steam, and which may cover more than 30OOO miles before it's return home, was con structed according to the personal ideas of Shackleton who, has made several voyages to the Antarctic. He commanded the British expedition of 1907-O9, which reached within 97 miles of the south pole and also the eXpedi tion of 1914-15 to Weddeil sea. His present ship is Ill feet long. 9 foot beam and l2 feet in depth. She was built in Norway in 1917 of oak. pine and spruce and has been tested in heavy ice. Her sides are two feet thick and her bows are of solid oak sheathed with steel. Her steaming radius is 5000 miles and, under sail, in a stiff breeze the Quest can make eight knots She carries wireless equipment and an airplane with a 25- foot wing spread. She has a glass enclosed bridge and lookout that resembles a flour barrel.
 Major c. R. Carr, an English soldier of fortune. the aviator of the eHpedi- tion, plans to fly above the Antarctic fogs to scout out passages between the floes through which the Quest may pass. He is also the photographer and naturalist of the expedition. The biplane he will use is one of only three that were ever built. The other two were flown. respectively, by Colonel Borten. V. C.. the pioneer flyer from England to Mesopotamia and by Sir Ross Smith. the first man to fly from England to Australia.
 Other members of the Shacketon party. besides those already men tioned. include Frank Etild, second in command; Frank Worsley a com mander; Major A. II Macklin. biolo' gist: R. Stenhouse, lieutenant com mander: Captain l.. Hussey, meteoro- logist: J. s. w. Marr and x. E. Moon ey. cabin boys.
 The petrified forest that will be eX- plored was found by Shackleton on the island of Trinidad at a certain point when he landed from Captain Robert r. Scott's ship. the Discovery, more than l2 years ago. Coughs island is eight miles long and 4OOO feet high. and in 1904, when visited for the first time on record by members of the Bruce expedition, was found to have at least four hitherto unclassified species of birds Tuanaki, the lost island. has been mentioned in old nau- tical records but apparently has dis appeared. A spot in the Pacific where if is supposed to be will be dredged for evidence to show that it is recently submerged land.
 There is already in the south polar regions, another British expedition. It is led by Commander John l.. Cope. who left Norfolk, Va, on October 27, 1920. for a six years sojourn in the ice fields. The party is aboard a 7OOO-ton whaler. the Thor L, and three auxiliary ships and numbers more than 1 100 men. One of it's purposes is the commercial development of the min 1 eral wealth of Antaractica.