TWO SCIENTISTS RESCUED
BRITISH PARTY IN ANTARCTICA
MAROONED ON ISLAND FOR THREE YEARS (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 31. Two of the five British scientists, who have been marooned on Stonington Island in the Antarctic for more than three years, were rescued by aeroplane to-day. A Canadian pilot made a hazardous flight from a base in the Argentine Islands to Stonington Island, the most southerly British base, landing in a flord about eight miles trim the camp on Stonington Island in Marguerite Bay. The aeroplane was unable to touch down on a prepared pool near the base because of ice. The two men rescued made a three-hour pull through a maze of icefloes in a small ■boat to where the aeroplane had landed.
Because of approaching ice, which threatened to block the take-off, the aeroplane was unable to wait long enough to rescue the others. The rescued men, both of whom were fit, were welcomed back to the rescue ship John Biscoe by Sir Miles Clifford, Governor of the Falkland Islands.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26026, 1 February 1950, Page 5
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