BOUND FOR THE ANTARCTIC AGAIN.—With Sir Douglas Mawson's scientific expedition aboard the Discovery left Capetown for the Antarctic on October. 19. The Discovery'* rigging has not altered much since she carried Scott's 1901 expedition. In equipment, however, she is an entirely different ship.' Special dredging and dragging apparatus for deep-sea work has been fitted, while, a Marconi wireless and a Moth aeroplane are important modern adjuncts. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 260, 2 November 1929, Page 11
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66BOUND FOR THE ANTARCTIC AGAIN.—With Sir Douglas Mawson's scientific expedition aboard the Discovery left Capetown for the Antarctic on October. 19. The Discovery'* rigging has not altered much since she carried Scott's 1901 expedition. In equipment, however, she is an entirely different ship.' Special dredging and dragging apparatus for deep-sea work has been fitted, while, a Marconi wireless and a Moth aeroplane are important modern adjuncts. ' Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 260, 2 November 1929, Page 11
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