FLIGHT OVER POLE PLANNED
SIR HUBERT WILKINS GOING TO ANTARCTIC
VANCOUVER. July 28. Sir Hubert Wilkins, who is a Vancouver to engage a surgeon, states that his South Pole expedition, which will be equipped with an aeroplane, will leave early in August by steamer for Cape Town. The expedition will there transfer to a small vessel, which will take it to Enderby Land. From there Sir Hubert will make a non-stop flight of 2000 miles over the South Pole to Little Amenca. Sir Hubert is confident that the expedition will secure valuable aviation and meteorological information. , , Mr Lincoln Ellsworth will also oe a member of the expedition.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22467, 30 July 1938, Page 15
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