JAPANESE POLE-SEEKERS: LEADERS OF THE EXPEDITION ON BOARD THE KAINAN MARU AT WELLINGTON

THE LATEST SOUTH POLAR EXPEDITION: LEADERS OF THE JAPANESE PARTY AT WELLINGTON

ON BOARD THE KAINAN MARU: A JAPANESE SAILOR AND ONE OF THE SIBERIAN SLEDGE DOGS

Japan makes a bid for the South Pole- Antarctic expedition at Wellington

THE SHIP IN WHICH THE JAPANESE EXPLORERS ARE JOURNEYING TO ANTARCTICA: THE KAINAN MARU, AT WELLINGTON

Sailing ship Kainan Maru, Wellington Harbour, during Japans first expedition to Antarctica - Photograph take...

Entertaining the visitors on board the Japanese warships at Wellington: a model Japanese national park fitte...

BACK FROM ANTARCTICA: THE JAPANESE EXPEDITION UNEXPECTEDLY RETURNS TO WELLINGTON

Japanese sailors on board their ship Koyo Maru, with fish

THE DECK OF THE JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPLORATIONSHIP: THE FORECASTLE OF THE KAINAN MARU

Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition, 1911

Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition, 1911

Midshipmen on board the Japanese warship 'Kongo'

A striking display on one of the Japanese warships while at Wellington: a model Japanese country residence

Monkey on board a Japanese ship with an unidentified Japanese man, Wellington City Harbour

Members of the Japanese expedition to Antarctica

Japanese fishing vessel Koyo Maru, in Lambton Harbour, Wellington, including view of waterfromt buildings in...

Members of the Japanese Trade Mission at the St. George Hotel, Wellington

Unidentified Japanese guests, at the opening of Madame Butterfly, Opera House, Wellington

Unidentified Japanese guests, at the opening of Madame Butterfly, Opera House, Wellington

Group portrait of officers on board the Japanese warship 'Kongo'

Group portrait of officers on board the Japanese warship 'Hiyei'

Japanese warships visit New Zealand: the Iwate, one of the vessels, which is now at Wellington

Troopship Strathaird departing Wellington with 2nd NZEF soldiers of the 1st echelon on board

Group of Japanese youth, on a goodwill mission, [Wellington?]