Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-02-02
BRITISH EXPLORER
SHACKLETON DEAD
Victim Of Angina PectOTIs While
on Latest Search
PASSED AWAY JANUARY 8
Body Brought to Montevideo and
Thence win BE Taken to London
Fur Burial.

Ftf bufidi.
Montevideo, Uruguay. Sir Ern-
est SnaclSleton, the British explor-
er, died January on board the steam
ship Quest, on which he was making
another expedition into the Antartic
regions.
Death was due to angina pectoris
and occurred when The Quest was Off
the Gritvikon station.
The body was brought to Montevi-
dec on board a Norwegian steamer and
will be taken by another steamer to
Europe
Captain l.. Hussey, of the Quest,
will accompany the body home.
Professor Gruvel and the other
members Of the explorers party will
continue the expedition.
Shaclsleton left London September
II of last year for an exploration Of
the uncharted sections OF the South
Atlantic the Pacific and Antarctic
seas, 1t being expected the VOYAGE
would last two years.
"yrhe Quest Is the lightest vessel
that ever ventured into the Polar seas
and BY far the best equipped said
Sir Ernest just before his departure.
I'm this respect, therefore, we are the
luckiest of explorers and should bel
able to wrest from the Antarctic many
Of ITS grimIy held secrets
The voyage OF the Quest had for itst
object not only oceanogrnphic rel
search, but the exploration Of petri-
fed forest and the location OF a slost'H
d=TuanaISi tire ad5ncent waters|
OF which have not been sailed forl
more than ninety years. In addition,I
soundings were to be taken OF the
ocean plateau surrounding Coughs Isl
land In an effort to determine the
truth regarding supposed under-
water continental connection between
Africa and America.
The Quest, which uses both sail and
steam, was constructed according toi
the personal ideas OF Shackleton, who
has made several voyages to the Ant
arctic. He commanded the British ex-
pedition of 1907-9, which reached With
In 81 miles Of the South Pole, and
also the expedition of 1914-15 to We'd
deli Sea. His present ship is Ill feet
long, 25-foot beam and IL feet I'M
depth. She was built in Norway inl
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. Herr
steamng radius Is 5000 miles and,
under sail, In a stiff breeze, the Quest
can make eight knots. She carries
wireless equipment and an airpmnel
with 25-foot wing spread. She has
glass-encIosed bridge and lookout
that resembles -four barrel.
The petrified forest that will be ex-
plored was found by Shackleton on the
island OF Trinidad at certain point
where he landed from Captain Robert
r. Scott's ship, the Discovery, more
than twelve years ago. Coughs Is
/ land is eight miles long and 1000 feet
high, and in 1904, when visited for the
ilrst time on record by members Of the
Bruce expedition, was found to have
at least four hitherto .unclassifed .spevI
cies Of birds. Tuanakf, the "Iost" ~
land, has been mentioned IN old nauti-'
cal records, but apparently has disap-
peared. Al spotrin the Pacific where
It is supposed ito tbeiwili be- dredgedI
for evidence ~ gsh0H that It u recent
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Sill, Ernest NaS born Ain 1874 he
was third lfeufenant IN, the British,
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