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Zuhana Posted on Aug 3, Hi, the subscription button has been added. Please enter your e-mail and subscribe. On 17 January, Robert Scott and the men of the British Antarctic expedition had arrived at the pole to find they had been beaten to it. Just then, a third man arrived; Japanese explorer Nobu Shirase. However, his part in one of the greatest adventure stories of the 20th century is hardly known outside his own country, even by fellow explorers.
S ince boyhood Shirase had dreamed of becoming a polar explorer. Like Amundsen, he initially set his sights on the North Pole. But after the American Robert Peary claimed to have reached it in , both men hastily altered their plans.
Instead they would aim for the last big prize: the South Pole. In January , Shirase put his plans before Japanese government officials, promising to raise the flag at the South Pole within three years. So, like the British, Shirase presented his expedition as a search for knowledge: he would bring back fossils, make meteorological measurements and explore unknown parts of the continent.
T he response from the government was cool, however, and Shirase struggled to raise funds. Q7 He eventually acquired a scientist, too, called Terutaro Takeda. Before leaving, Shirase confidently outlined his plans to the media. He would sail to New Zealand, then reach Antarctica in February, during the southern summer, and then proceed to the pole the following spring.
This was not to be, however. True, it was reinforced with iron plate and extra wood, but the ship had only the feeblest engine to help force its way through ice. Antarctica is only accessible by sea for a few weeks in summer and expeditions usually aimed to arrive in January or February. Nevertheless, on 11 February the Kainan Maru left New Zealand and sailed straight into the worst weather the captain had ever seen. The ice began to close in, threatening to trap them for the winter, an experience no one was likely to survive.
With a remarkable piece of seamanship, the captain steered the ship out of the ice and turned north. They would have to wait out the winter in a warmer climate. A year later than planned, Shirase and six men finally reached Antarctica. Catching up with Scott or Amundsen was out of the question and he had said he would stick to science this time.
Yet Shirase still felt the pull of the pole and eventually decided he would head southward to experience the thrills and hardships of polar exploration he had always dreamed of. With provisions for 20 days, he and four men would see how far they could get. S hirase set off on 20 January with Takeda and two dog handlers, leaving two men at the edge of the ice shelf to make meteorological measurements.
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