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Fur Burial
Montevideo, Uruguay. Jan. Cos!
ernest Shackleton, the British eNplor
or, died January j on board the StcaI1
ship Quest, on which he was makiI {
another expedition into the Antarti'
regions.
Death was due to angina pectoTis
and occurred when the Quest was OF
the Gritviken station.
The body was brought To Montevi
deo on board Norwegian steamer ant
will be taken by another steamer Il
Europe.
Captain l.. Hussey, of the Quest
will accompany the body home.
Professor Gruvel and the olhel
members of the explorers party wifi
continue the expedition.
Shackleton left London SeptemheI
II of last year for an exploration ot
the uncharted sections of the Soutf
Atlantic, the Pacific and Antarctic
seas, it being expected the voyage
would last two years.
The Quest is the lighteSt veSSe
that ever ventured into the Polar sea-
and by far the best equipped" sale
Sir Ernest just before his departure
"In this respect, therefore, we are the
iuckiest Of explorers and should b,
able to wre>t from the Antarctic man!
Of its grimly held secrets"
The voyage of the Quest had for IL
object not only oceanographic re
search, hut the exploration of Il petr
led forest and the location of a lost
OF which have not been sailed foI
more than ninety years. III addition
SOundingS were to be taken Of The
ocean plateau surrounding Coughs Is
land i'll an effort 10 determine tho
truth regarding Supposed under
water continental connection between
Africa and America.
The Quest, which uses both sail ant
steam. was constructed according t.
the personal ideas of Shackleton, VIII,
has made several voyages to the Ant
arctic. He commanded the British eN
pedition Of 1903, which reached with
in 81 miles of the South Pole ans
also the expedition of 1914-15 to Wed
deli Sea. His present ship is Ill fee
long, 25-foot beam and y feet II
depth. She was built In Norway II
1917 of oak, pine ana spruce, and ha:
been tested In heavy ice. Her side:
are two feet thick and her bows ar,
of solid oak sheathed with steel. He
Steaming radius is 5000 miles and
under sail, in a stiff breeze, the Dues
can make eight knots. She carrie!
wireless equipment and an airplant
with a 25-foot wing spread. She ha:
a glass-enclosed bridge and a lookout
that resembles a flour barrel
The petrified forest that will be ex
plored was found by yShackleton on the
island of Trinidad az a certain poin'
where he landed from Captain Rober
F. SCOTS ship, the Discovery more
than twelve years ago. Coughs Is
land is eight miles long and 1000 fee
nigh, anu LII 1Sot, "hSA NlSAtSu IoI tIl'
first time ON record by members of the
Bruce expedition, was found to have
at least four hitherto unclassified spe
cies of birds. Tuanaki, the lost is
land. has been mentioned in old nauti
cal records, but apparently has disap
Deared. A spot in the Pacific where
it is supposed to be will be dredgeC
for evidence to show that it is recent
ly submerged land.
Sir Ernest was born in 1874. He
was a third lieutenant in the British
National Antarctic Expedition in 1901
and in 1907-09 commanded an eXpedi
ion which got to within 81 miles OF
the South Pole. He made his thirt
quest of the pole in 1914.