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THE Antarctic is so vast as to admit of many expeditions working together with good results, and Dr. Charcot therefore resolved to return to the region which he had explored to some extent in 1903–5. His precise object was to investigate from every point of view as great an extent of the Antarctic as possible, without any considerations as to latitude. He desired to enter the region where the ice drifted furthest to the north, and he had no hope whatever of reaching the Pole. He had a three-masted vessel constructed at St. Malo, with auxiliary engine, which he named Le Pourquoi Pas? It was equipped with every carer, and supplied with the most modern instruments for observation. The crew consisted of twenty-two men, most of whom had already accompanied Dr. Charcot on his previous expedition. The staff consisted of seven, who were experts in different departments of science. The expedition started from Havre on August 15, 1909, and on December 16 left Punta Arenas for the Antarctic.
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Summary of a paper by Dr. J. B. Charcot read before the Royal Geographical Society on December 19.
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The Second French Antarctic Expedition 1 . Nature 85, 257–258 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/085257a0
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