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IT is understood that the German Antarctic expedition for the year 1901 has now been fully organised. A grant of 60,000l. towards the expenses has been made by the Reichstag. Dr. Erich von Drygalski, one of the professors of geography in the University of Berlin, has been appointed the scientific leader, and an influential Committee is charged with perfecting the arrangements. This Committee is anxious that all the plans should be arranged for joint action, so that the German and British expeditions should supplement and reinforce one another at every point, thus ensuring the maximum return of scientific knowledge for the money expended. The expedition of the Valdivia, under the scientific leadership of Prof. Chun, is a proof of the splendid results which attend deep-sea expeditions under a scientific chief, if indeed the Challenger expedition did not supply proof enough. It is, however, still the opinion of some authorities in this country that an expedition which has to be carried in a ship must be under the sole and exclusive charge of a naval officer. The subject is one which lends itself to discussion, and many illustrations may be adduced in favour of the arguments on either side.
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The Plans for Antarctic Exploration. Nature 60, 202–203 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060202a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/060202a0