APPENDIX 



RECENT AND FUTURE EXPLORATION 



Hugh Robert Mill has given a masterly account of Antarctic Explo- 

 ration in his work " The Siege of the South Pole." He deals fully 

 with the voyages which took place before Shackleton's great exploit. I 

 have found it so difficult myself to get a comprehensive idea of the later 

 expeditions that I have drawn the two charts shown herewith. If we 

 divide Antarctica into four quadrants (as shown in Fig. A) we see that 

 no expedition among the eleven charted has attacked the African quad- 

 rant, and only two (Amundsen and Charcot) have explored the Pacific 

 quadrant. A survey of these maps shows that two great problems as 

 regards the sixth continent are still unsolved. First, Is there a low- 

 level, ice-covered strait connecting the floating Barrier seen by Filchner 

 in the Weddell Sea with that crossed by Amundsen south of the Ross 

 Sea? 



In a paper published by the Royal Geographical Society in October, 

 1 9 14, I have advanced arguments in support of this possibility. We 

 hope that Shackleton, in his forthcoming journey between Filchner's 

 and Scott's bases, will answer the question. 



The other problem deals with the character of Antarctica to the 

 west of Enderby Land, for the whole coast-line south of Africa is 

 unknown. One can only hope that some future leader following 

 Mawsoifs example will set aside all idea of transcontinental journeys, 

 and devote his energies to detailed coastal surveys, which are infinitely 

 more profitable from the purely scientific standpoint. However, under 

 present political conditions there is little chance of any extensive work 

 succeeding Shackleton's present enterprise until several years have 

 elapsed. 



I have, however, felt that it would be useful to collect the results 

 of my experiences in the Antarctic in so far as they touch details of 

 scientific equipment. These may be grouped under the following 

 heads: (1) Personnel; (2) Tents and Sledging Stoves; (3) Note- 

 books ; (4) Instruments ; (5) Cameras ; (6) Clothing ; (7) Food. 



Personnel. — It may be that I am prejudiced by training, but to my 

 mind these coastal parties should consist essentially of geologists, who 

 must be capable of using theodolite and plane-table. The refined 

 knowledge of an expert navigator or surveyor is wasted in such a 



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