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TO THE SOUTH POLE.

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TO THE SOUTH POLE. THE VOYAGE OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS. M. Borchgrevinck's expedition to the South Pole will start in a few days. His ship, the Southern Cross, furnished by Sir George Newnes and built by Mr. Colin Archer, lies in the Thames, taking in provisions and coal. There is nothing in the expedition so sensational as the voyages of either Nansen or Andree, but it is not at all inferior to these in point of interest. An area twice the size of Europe has yet to be explored within the Antarctic Circle, and even the south geographical pole has not been located. Practically all that is known of the physiography of this tract of about 8,000,000 square miles is that it is probably land, and a high irregular plateau. M. Borchgrevinck, who is a Swede, was first moved with the idea of exploring it when touching at Cape Adair, in South Victoria Land, as a member of the crew of a whaling expedition. There, after renewing her supply of coal at Hobart Town, the Southern Cross will land the major part of her crew of thirty men for the winter. Thev will form a camp, like Mr. Jackson's, make short overland expeditions, and get acclimatised in readiness for a possible advance by stages to the geo- graphical pole, distant some 1,200 miles. This is to be undertaken, if at all, not earlier than the spring of next year, when the ship, which M to winter at Hobart, will have returned with fresh provisions; but instead of it M. Borch- grevinck may take advantage of the break-up of the ice to make a coasting trip. The Southern Cross is built for such a purpose somewhat on the model of the Fram, and her captain, Jensen, is a Norwegian with long experience of the Polar Seas. But, unlike that of the Fram, her crew includes a number of Englishmen. Lieu- tenant Colbeck, R.N.R., is the first magnetic observer, and for some time past has studied at Kew. He will be assisted by Mr. Louis Bernacchi, of the Melbourne Observatory. The medical officer is Dr. Klovstad, of Chrietiania University. Mr. Hansen, of the British Museum, and Mr. Hugh Evans will serve as zoologists and collectors.

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