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VENETIAN BLINDS * W »«m - f <2®ww? j * "* 11 / Nothing grows naturally in the icy wastes of the south Polar region Zealand expedition to create artificially the night essential to plant r* -.. '' t \ ’.’ ( ' where the New Zealand Antarctic Expedition will live through six growth. In shutting out unwanted daylight—in this case in a glassmonths of darkness and six months of continual daylight. Even in a house—Extralitc Twi-Nighter Venetian blinds will be doing the job for k \II glasshouse the raising of a few greens to supplement the limited which they are specifically designed. ■ 'tf d* et f ' lc party would normally be impossible, for plants will not The 9 huts used as living quarters will also be fitted with Extralite < v i ill 1 Kv grow successfully in continual daylight. They need darkness too, so Twi-Nighter Venetian blinds to shut out unwanted daylight as re» f| H ’K ' k Extralite Twi-Nighter Venetian blinds will go along with the New quired, in this “Southern land of the Midnight Sun.* Ujf* W t 1 i x :iir lw-/« ii- -■■ mM Ix <7 =lsßMsB=rl ••■■s* I ® '■■ JhllWWWi *' , I 1 r ’ 1 '-I ' ?j!H : I I IJL \j gx ■■’ of|R| 'II ■ ■ ILL-FATED SCOTT S TREACHEROUS ROUTE TOWARD THE POLE WAS THIS BLUE- 1 if I lllfc: |7=- IE- -'-' ~^ ICE AMAZON. Beardmore Clacier is one of the two or three largest ice rivers in the *f®®* XX - - I Ifc"' 2S' 1. ft' 'mt ■-■—-*-*IWFFS-77-II . "11-—' world. It was up the Beardmore that both Shackleton and Scott made their heroic poleward | 4 ; P ; *- . - PxIF -1F" 11 —'"7:3l -~ treks. After returning down this glacier toward their base camp at McMurdo Scott I 'f 1 and his companions perished within 11 miles of sorely needed supplies. They had reached MlrC S \ Bk 'i'W I V-i ?-' . I p““7j ".Til 73Uf | the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen had been there before them. / l ' .:W\ '*Jk I ->* -F .. I ’IL I= BW r_ * ” —-"j-TT ~T-..-“fe*« "-- —— k. i Im!® t y lit* K l| 1 T"~"lI—ra • =s ~" wS® -c i **»■- - MK ’ _ '""liiiiilirn.t NORWEGIAN J, I >' .• •- T £RR,TORY fr/- £ga|gM I ’., ~,, s^^oEP^°^ Clt - S SJi -..GX<'O.r ) AUSTRALIAN ) AN’ARCTIC\T t RRI T """ *■* *^**^^^,f* / XX. jnXf.2 - r^“ ,C . -' <. .'l' . . J -4 '>nE/ AUSTRALIAN 'xT’AtX-s. 1 «SsSf®r"- / «tw ttMJW TB*w«r» / 7**\ TERRITORY / - \ ~./ >?>/ “THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD” '— — t Next year, many of the nations of the world The New Zealand party is fitting out now for Whether they succeed or not Sir Edmund’s ''~-4 V \.--"'" 'x <iS "'^SßHk^ e setting up observation posts at scat- its hazardous journey into this unknown, in- party will write a glorious page in history. " ivjvjg,„e«'-'J-—‘V" tered points on the Antarctic Continent to re- hospitable region. Their chances of success, in- But, when we cheer the returning explorers — ——"iggi £ ' x .»-., \~. t '-iv- WF cord valuable data on weather, geology and deed of survival, depend on having the best how many of us will be able to recall that we TRANS ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONANTARCTIC TIMETABLE atmospheric conditions that will help to bene- equipment and they have asked the public were ready to give a helping hand when the R 1956 New Zealand expedition leaves for McMurdo Sound. MARCH. 1957: «' 7* fit mankind. One of these scientific bases will o f N ew Zealand to lend a helping hand by expedition was fitting out. We can all share reconnaisance of route up Fe^ a ° r - subscribing part of the cost of the expedition. in their adventure by putting something in NO^AWER! Ü BriHsh\ran t s e -rontincntal P party U ieaves Vahsel Bai- *ew Zejdand Part?^®” 5 ' ment, which will pay the complete cost of fhc Government is giving generous help in the kitty now. A donation to ANTARCTIC to build up forward depot, about 250 miles so“‘h <,f *l“t E ,> j A xvary-EARLY FEBRUARY- A fta .Z z *7, manning and operation. cas h in providing a ship and other technical APPEAL, BOX 237, CHRISTCHURCH, will Two 8: p“m P eyan O d’r ) e°tum ey to McMurdo Sound. LATE FEBRUARY: Whole exped.tion While these scientific observations are going assistance, but a good deal of money is still help them on their way. leaves for New Zealand. Afej? on a band of young New Zealanders, led by nec<led - Christchurch has promised to ra.se -■ »Zj»- ' a» Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, will be setting out on £12,500 and to date only about half that n lIrIHm Leader of the New the greatest adventure of this modem age. angount has been su sen c . A Zealand Antarctic Theirs is a private expedition, fraught with ' Expedition. dangers and hardships, into the untrodden 3 X °f *' ,e Antarctic. 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