The Japanese South Polar Expedition of 1911-1912

TO most people who are interested in things Antarctic the name of Shirase will probably be familiar, but beyond a vague idea of his South Polar Expedition little is known of this fine undertaking outside Japan, and even there not very much. A short resume of an account written in Japanese will therefore be of interest as a contribution to Antarctic history. The present article is a free adaptation of an abbreviated account of the expedition contained in Vol. II (Nan-Kyoku-tanken, i.e. South Polar Exploration; by M. Harada and 0. Matsuyama) of a twelve-volume compilation entitled Sekai Tanken Zenshu==literally World Exploration Complete Collection. The part dealing with the Japanese Expedition of 19II-I912 is headed simply Shirase Chui (Lieutenant Shirase) and is based on a special fully illustrated account of the expedition entitled Nan-Kyoku-ki (South-Pole-report), edited by Nan-Kyoku-tanken Koen-Kai (Association of Supporters of Sofith Polar Exploration). The accompanying illustrations are reproduced from the latter work. The writer feels bound to apologize for the transitions, at times somewhat abrupt, from narrative to diary and vice versa, which he has been unable to avoid

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