Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-25
SIR SHACKLET0N
STARTS south
English Explorer Begins Two
Year Cruise Of Antarctic
Seas ,

London, sept. H.-1he voyage OF Inc
Quest, the quaint little 20o-ton ship
which is carrying Sir Ernest Shacklc-
ton and his party to frozen mysteries
in tho South Polar Seas, has for lis
objcctivcs not only oceanographic re-
search but the explorat aton of a petri-
fled forest and the location of "lost
iisland-Tuanaki-th adjacent water
OF which have not been sailed for more
than 90 years. In addition. surround
inSs will be taken of the ocean plat
eau surrounding Coughs Island In an
effort to determine tho truth regard
| ing supposed under water continents!
e o nnc ton between Africa and
America.
Nineteen PERSONS. representing each
of tho British self-Eovcrnment domin-
| ion arc expected to be aboard whom the
tiny but staunch crart. built for usnt
corncrs," leaves Capetown. South
Africa, for two years OF buffcting its
way thru the Antarctic ics.
The Quest, which uses both sail and
steam. and which may cover more
than 10000 miles before its return
home, was constructed according to the
personal ideas of Shackleton who. ha'
made several voyages to the Antarctic.
He commanded the British expedition
| OF iaoi-oa, which reached within ~
miles of the South Pole and also the
OK pedition OF tai5-15 to wcddoll Sea,
His present ship issfii feet long. .s foot
beam and IL feet in depth. She VA
built in Norway in 1917 OF oak. pine
and spruce and has been tested IN
heavy Ice. Her sides are two fcci
thick and her bows are of solid OAK
c oathod with steel Her stcsnir;
radi, is 1900 miles and. under sail. ir
a atnl breeze Tho Quest can maxi
eight knots. She carries wircleei
equipment and airpiane, with 2J-f"oi
wing spread Shc has a Elass-cncloscd
bridge and n lookout that resemble =
flour barrel
Major {. ECsrr. an English soldier
Of fortune, tho aviator OF the cNpc'li'
tion. plans to fly above tho hntsrclf
| foGs TO scout out passages between TIC
nocs thru which The Quest may p"s.'
lHc Is also the photoEra phcr and natur-
alist OF tho expedition. Tho biplanc ne
viii use is ono Of only three that were
ever built The other two were flown
| respectively, by Colonel Bortcn V. -
tho pioneer flyer from England 10
Mcsopotamia and by Sir Ross Smith
tho first man TO ny from England T.
Australia,
other members of the Shacklctor
party. besides those already mentioned
include Frank Etild. second In COM
mand; Frank Worsioy. commandcr
Major A. II. Mncklin, biologist: Y
StcHhousc. Lieutenant commander
Captain l.. HuEgcy. mc'corolosist; j
s w. Msrr and y. y. Mooney. cabin
boys.
The pc,rificd forest that win BE- er-
piorcd was found by Shacbloton on the
, itlsnd Of Trinidad at a certain pcini
whore he landed from Captain Robert
y. Scott's chip, the Discovery. NOR
than I. ycarH ago. Coughs Island :.
clgh, mil-l long and 1000 feet high and
in ieo,. when visited for the hr-f
time on record by members Of tho
Bruce expedition. was found TO hsN.
at least four hitherto unc'assificd
species Of birds. Tuarski. the '1oSt
I island. has been mentioned In old nsu-
ticsl records but apparently has disap-
pcarcd. 4 spot In tho Pacific vher- "
In supposed to be will be drcdS.d fc'
evidence to shoss tina. u Il recently
submerged land.
Thcrr is already In tho south rels-
RI Sious. another 'ritish expedition. "
" led hy Commander John L. Cope
who Io't Norfolk. Virginia, on October
/ 81 1890. for a six years sojourp IN the
icr folds. Tho party IL aboard
/ {, .Oco-ton vhslcr. .hc Thor 7. and three
auxiliary ships and numbers nor-
than 100 men Ono OF its purposes T.
tn c"mrrcinl development OF the min.
! crai ,ailh Of Nu,nractica.