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THE SWEDISH SOUTH POLAR 

 EXPEDITION 



HON. AUGUSTUS E. INGRAM, 

 Deput} r Consul General of the 

 United States at Paris, under date of 

 May 29, sends to the National Geo- 

 graphic Magazine the following note 

 of an expedition to be sent out by 

 France in July to rescue the Swedish 

 South Polar Expedition : 



When Dr Otto Nordenskjold set out 

 from Sweden, over a year ago, with a 

 party of thirty-six persons on an expe- 

 dition for the South Pole, his last words 

 were : "If you are without news of me 

 by April 30, 1903, come to my rescue, 

 for we shall all be in great danger. ' ' 



That time has come, and no news has 

 been received of Dr Nordenskjold. In 

 Sweden a relief expedition is being or- 

 ganized, but it cannot start until the 

 end of August. Since this may be too 

 late, and as it is thought that Dr Nor- 

 denskjold's expedition is now in the 

 vicinity of Cape Seymour, which is 

 French soil, the national pride of France 

 has been stirred to be the first to rescue 

 these brave but unfortunate men. 



A vessel has already been constructed 

 in France on the lines of the immortal 



Fram and has been named Le Frangais. 

 Dr Jean Charcot,* well known in French 

 scientific circles, is to command the ex- 

 pedition, and he will be accompanied by 

 other scientists and experienced naval 

 officials. The sum of 150,000 francs 

 is, however, necessary to complete the 

 equipment, and a leading Parisian jour- 

 nal, Le Matin, has opened its columns 

 for a subscription list. All classes of 

 people are responding liberally, and it 

 is probable that the French Govern- 

 ment, in addition to aid extended by its 

 naval and scientific officials, will also 

 make a contribution of money. 



The expedition is expected to leave 

 Havre on the 15th of July, and will 

 without loss of time attempt the work 

 of rescue. When this has been accom- 

 plished, Le Fran fats will, like the 

 Fram, proceed south until it is inclosed 

 in the moving field of ice. At the op- 

 portune time a dash across the ice for 

 the South Pole will be made. 



This expedition is of especial interest, 

 as it is now nearly three-quarters of a 

 century since France sent an expedition 

 to the South Pole, at which time Dumont 

 d'Urville made considerable discoveries. 



Since the expected visit to Lisbon of 

 His Majesty Don Alfonso XIII, King 

 of Spain, will not take place next month, 

 the exposition of Portuguese cartog- 

 raphy, organized by the Geographical 

 Society of Lisbon, under the high pro- 

 tection of His Majesty King Don 

 Carlos I, which was to coincide with 

 that visit, has been postponed until next 

 autumn. 



German South Polar Expedition. — The 



Gauss, the steamer of the German South 

 Polar Expedition, has been reported off 

 the east coast of South Africa. Few 

 details of the work of the party have as 



*Dr Charcot had originally intended (as 

 stated in this Magazine on page 217, May, 

 1903) to use his vessel for Arctic rather than 

 South Polar exploration. 



