POLAR EXPLORERS.
CLUB'S ANNUAL DINNER. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, .January 18. A huge Weddell seal carved in ice was placed before Admiral Skelton, chairman of the Antarctic Club, at their dinner at the Cafe Royal. The toast of those who went to the Antarctic and had never returned was honoured in silence. Admiral Skelton, rising at 9 o clock, toasted "Antarctic explorers scattered throughout the world." He stated that a similar toast was being honoured in Australia and other places, simultaneously. Mr D. E. Benham, director of the Scott Institute at Cambridge, recalled the fact that there were four expeditions at present in the Antarctic, the largest number since 1910. _He especially referred to the activities of airmen, and mentioned that, Sir Douglas Mawson expected to alight and establish the ownership of the territory which he discovered, which was the basis of all expeditions. Captain A. B. Armitage, of the Discovery expedition of 1901, was elected president.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 84, 20 January 1930, Page 5
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