RECONNAISSANCE IN ANTARCTIC
REPORT FROM WYATT EARP (Rec. 11 p.m.) CANBERRA. March 19. Tlie latest report from the Antarctic research ship Wyatt Earp gives details of aerial and surface reconnaissance made in the Commonwealth Bay area, off the coast of the Australian Antarctic sector. Aerial reconnaissance by Squadron Leader G. Gray in a Sikorsky Kingfisher revealed that the Nipnis glacier is 60 miles long, with a tongue composed of massive bergs up to 20 miles wide. The presence of a hitherto unsuspected submarine canyon off the tip of the glacier has been revealed bv echo sounding gear. The primary object of this reconnaissance is to take observations in preparation for much more comprehensive work next summer, leading up to the establishment of a permanent Antarctic base and scientific research station.
Gold Coast, Police Stoned.—Gold Coast police were stoned while removing roadblocks at Kusmasi. 120 miles north of Accra. They dispersed a large crowd with tear gas.—London, March 18.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25448, 20 March 1948, Page 7
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