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  2. WHERE SCOTT CONQUERED AND DIED.

    The illustration which we present to-day shows the main features in the antarctic regions encountered by the recent expeditions led by Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott. The Norwegian arrived at the South Pole five weeks before Scott, by an almost direct route from the Bay of Whales. Capt. Scott established his headquarters at Cape Evans, and following the line laid down by Shackleton in 1909, reached the pole on January 18, 1912. On the return journey, after having passed through the Beardmore Glacier and lost two of his party, the English explorer perished, with two other ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 183 words
  3. THE POLAR TRAGEDY FURTHER NARRATIVE FROM EXPLORERS.

    Mr. H. G. Ponting (photographer and [?]uematographer to the Scott Antarctic Expedition), who came to England last year from New Zealand after the Terra Nova's ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S CONDOLENCES.

    Queen Alexandra has forwarded to Earl Curzon (President of the Royal Geographical Society) her condolences with the society in the loss of Capt. Scott and party. ...

    Article : 34 words
  5. NEW ZEALAND PROPOSAL.

    The High Commissioner for New Zealand (Hon. T. Mackenzie) proposes that the Dominion Government shall allow the steamer Hinemoa to proceed to the Antarctica to ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. SCIENTIFIC RESULTS.

    The geological results, the ascent of Mount Erebus, and the general geological work done by the three parties, southern, western, and northern, are likely to prove ...

    Article : 1,029 words
  7. IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.

    In continuation of the narrative of the antarctic expedition the following information has been supplied for publication. The following are further particulars of the ...

    Article : 1,492 words
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