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be an atom where the collated evidence of observations 

 for a century, centuries may be required. 



ADDENDUM, 1st January, 1908. 

 Further Antarctic Exploration. 

 Mr. Du Faur has suggested, through the Tourist Bureau, 

 and Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., the possibility of organ- 

 ising a Midsummer's Picnic Excursion to the Antarctic 

 Circle, at the latter end of December next, drawing atten- 

 tion to papers read by him before the Royal Geographical 

 Society in 1891 and 1892, and before the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales on 4th December last, showing the 

 apparently little personal risk therein involved. 



As the most favourable time for starting on such a cruise 

 from Hobart would be about Christmas, returning within 

 the first fortnight of January, 1909, he has pointed out — 



1. That this would be the season when many young men 

 could most conveniently afford an absence of three weeks 

 from their business, and scientists from their studies. 



2. That there would be time to ventilate the subject in 

 Europe, which might induce some of our visitors to take 

 part therein. 



3. That possibly the Admiralty, and the Commonwealth 

 Government, might be willing to arrange for one of the 

 smaller vessels on the station to accompany, as a consort, 

 such first expedition. 



4. That the attractions to be put forward, apart from 

 the questions of meteorological and general scientific 

 interest, as fully discussed in the papers above referred to, 

 would be little more than an appeal to the spirit of adven- 

 ture, not yet extinct— the novelty (to those who have not 

 visited North Cape and the Arctic Circle), of the first 

 experience of daylight throughout the twenty four hours, 



