BOLLING RETURNS.
Reports Ice-Pack As Thickest For Thirteen Summers.
PROGRESS WILL BE SLOW.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. Having completed a tow farther south than any other ever made, the Eleanor Boiling, of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, arrived this morning.
While towing' the base ship, the City of New York, the Boiling met heavy weather and the tow line broke twice.
The Boiling's master reports that the ice-pack is the thickest for thirteen summers. It is not expected that tha City of New York can reach open water this month. The C.A. Larsen, the Norwegian whaling ship, is not to tow the barque, but will go ahead to open the way for her. Progress will be slow, the Larsen having reported that it took seven days to go through 28 miles of ice.
The Eleanor Boiling has been docked for the fitting of a new propeller. It suffered no damage in the ice-floes, but several plates were dented through bumping the City of New York during coaling operations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 301, 20 December 1928, Page 7
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