Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1911 — RACING FOR THE SOUTH POLE [ARTICLE]

RACING FOR THE SOUTH POLE

Much Interest Taken in London In Expeditions Headed by CapL Scott and Ronald Amundsen. Copenhagen.—The race between ths Antarctic expeditions under Captain Scott and Capt. Ronald Amundsen for the south pole is attractlong much attention here, and is the subject of considerable comment in the press of Scandinavia. Dr. Rensch, president of the Norwegian Geographical society, speaking with regard to Amundsen’s chances, states that he can surmount the difficulties of reaching the pole if he is able to get his dogs safely over the equator. This is the main point, but he must start also under the same conditions as those found by the expedition under Sir Ernest Shackleton and Capt. Scott. Prof. Mohn, a great Polar expert, agrees with Dr. Nansen In thinking that it will certainly be Impossible to reach the south pole from Cape Adare, and that Amundsen has made a mistake in not going by some other route than that followed by the British ant> arctic expedition.