Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1907 — New South Polar Expedition. [ARTICLE]

New South Polar Expedition.

A British expedition, headed by K. 11. Shackleton, who was a member of ths Discovery expedition, sailed from London on the steam barkentine Endurance for King Edward VII. Land, where winter quarters for twelve persons and provisions for two years will be established. The intention Is to make a dash for the south pole during the summer of 1908. The equipment includes a (motor car provided with different sets of runners for traveling aver surface* of varying softness