ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
AN AMERICAN EXPEDITION HIGHLY PROBABLE.
United Press Association —Copyright (Received February 3, 10.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The National Geographical Society of the United States received with acclamation and referred to the Finance and Research Committee, Commander Peary’s proposal, on behalf of the Arctic Club, for an Antarctic expedition. The Club will contribute the steamship Roosevelt, conditionally on the Society granting 50,000 dollars (£10,000) towards the expedition, and both institutions sharing the balance of expenses. Commander Peary suggested that the expedition should reach the coast of the Antarctic Continent in March, 1911, at a point directly opposite to Captain Scott’s base. The •American and British camps would be •2000 miles apart. He calculated that the Pole would be reached at the end of December. Commander Peary is unable to conduct the expedition personally, because the sledge work will require so much physical exertion as to need a younger man.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2577, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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152ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2577, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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