The efforts and successes of the last fifteen years in the Antarctic
regions ought to, and I hope will, spur us as individuals, as
societies, and as a nation to do all in our power to enable the United
States to take its proper part and share in the great work yet to be
done in that field. There are three ways in which this country could
make up for its past lethargy in regard to Antarctic work, and take
front rank at once in this attractive field.
One is to _establish a station at the South Pole_ for a year’s
continuous observations in various fields of scientific investigation.
With the practical experience in methods of travel and transportation
now at the command of the United States as the result of our last
twenty-five years of North Polar work, this would not be so difficult
as it may seem to the layman.
[Illustration: Copyright, 1913, by William H. Rau