THE WILKINS VENTURE.
SUBMARINE MEN EAGER. (CKITED PEBBS .ASSOCIATION—B* M,ECTEIO TELEGBAJH—COPYRIGHT.) - - (Received March 26th } 7 p.m.) . NEW YOEK, March 25. Wlnle others may scoff at the expedition aa ,being "foolhardy," Sir Hubert Wilkins, to-<lay pointed out that sixty applications had been received for jthe post of. the "guartermaster who, was drowned. The explorer; saidV ' iTh« fact that fifty or sixty- experienced submarine men are not only' willing, but are anxious to make the adventure, shows they have some faith that we will reach the North and return successfully on our trip nnder ice.'' * No successor to Grimmer, the former quirtprmaster, has yet been chosen. The applicants are bfejng subjected to most severe tests as'to physique, personality, and exjpqrience. The Nautilus toil! not- undergo '■ her diving trial as' first" planned,,' but will proceed to Yonkers where its three icedrilleon which it .will: depend 'to gain the ep&M wider , iee wilfferlwted.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20197, 27 March 1931, Page 20
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