BYRD'S EXPEDITION.
DEPARTURE DRAWING NEAR
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/United Press p\Y (IF WHALES, January li. . manv times whether . the , ships can penelraS, and. eyerythm ? depends ml the rapidity with which the.pack disintegrates in the fxMew^ days The pack is wider at the -listmen dian than at m* time since wham have been comma, south. I'oi the lust time whales did not appear m large numbers south of the pack ami tl «e few which were found were badh scai red bv ice. 1 Commander Byrd is not concerned About the situation. The only disagreeable aspect is that the ships may arrive so late that loading may be hurried or curtained in our sored to get out before we freeze up. The summer season is short in the Antarctic, ancl already the days are a little cooler and the wind nips.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 84, 20 January 1930, Page 5
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