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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 145, 18 June 1912, Page 9

A number of Dr. Mawson's expedition, j in a letter to a friend, describing the sights in the Antarctic, remarks: "On the voyage down we continually saw i icebergs, sometimes miles in length. others smaller, seaworn. and of most ■ fantastic form. The blue ice caves are j very fine. We experienced snowstorms j at sea on several occasions, the flake; I sometimes granular, and sometimes in the | form of star-shaped crystals. Several j times we saw whales spouting, aud the penguins, which we often saw miles out to sea, drifting in to land, are very interesting. The days grew longer as we cam-e south, and now we are within the Antarctic circle, in the region of the midnight sun —no sunrise, no sunset, but ! continuous daylight. We have already | made a very important geographical ] discovery—a- great ice barrier—a vertical wall of ice fronting the sea, and ; from I2oft. to 1.50 ft. high, and extending fir many miles." Special display during Industries | Week of linoleums. Special value. Im- I mense selection.—Tonson, Garlick Co., Ltd.—(AdJ i