The voyage of the Why not?' in the Antarctic; the journal of the second French South polar expedition, 1908-1910 . prospect of a long and painfulseparation—never let me be discouraged. At last my efforts had a result. I was lucky enough tointerest in my work MM. Berteanx, Doumer, and Etienne,who were joined first by MM. J. Dnpuy and E. Poincare,and tljen by M. Briand, Minister of Public Instruction andM. G. Thomson, Minister pf Mai inc. Soon, after a favour-able report had been issued by the Committee on Exploration,I was assured thai a handsome grant-in-aid would lie includedin the Budget for
The voyage of the Why not?' in the Antarctic; the journal of the second French South polar expedition, 1908-1910 . prospect of a long and painfulseparation—never let me be discouraged. At last my efforts had a result. I was lucky enough tointerest in my work MM. Berteanx, Doumer, and Etienne,who were joined first by MM. J. Dnpuy and E. Poincare,and tljen by M. Briand, Minister of Public Instruction andM. G. Thomson, Minister pf Mai inc. Soon, after a favour-able report had been issued by the Committee on Exploration,I was assured thai a handsome grant-in-aid would lie includedin the Budget for presentation to the Chambers. On the proposal of M. Doumer, indeed, the Chambersagreed to a vote of 600,000 francs in the Budget of the Ministryof Public This proof of confidence on (he partof the French Governmenl and the patronage of our greatlearned societies were ! me the finest recompense for the 1 Wlul. the expedition was a1 work in the Antarctic, M. Doumer twicepersuaded the Chambers to vote a sum of 50,000 franca, which brought the (ioviTiiiniiil rrunt u|. to 700,01)0 South Polar routes of the Charcot (1908-10) and Shackleton (1908-9) Expeditions. INTRODUCTION efforts which I had made. To this sum were added later100,000 francs subscribed by generous donors, including a-sum of 10,000 francs from the Geographical Society of Parisand grants from the Museum, the Paris Municipal Council,and the Chambers of Commerce of the big French towns. The Ministry of Marine put at the disposal of the Expe-dition three naval oilicers and promised me 250 tons of coal,the dredging outfit which had already been used on the Fran-?ais, and all the necessary instruments, maps, and documentswhich could be provided by the Surveying Department andthe arsenals. The, Prince of Monaco, whose own labours and greatgenerosity have given such an impulse to surveying work,offered the Expedition a complete oceanographical outfit. The Museum, the Bureau des Longitud
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