Endeavour Near Base Site
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 5. H.M.N.Z.S. Endeavour ar- . rived eight miles east of Butter Point, the New Zealand base site in McMurdo Sound, at 6 p.m. on Friday, according to a message received in Wellington. The United States task force commander (Rear-Ad-miral George J. Dufek) had arranged a reconnaissance flight in a helicopter to the Scott Base site for the leader (Sir Edmund Hillary) and the deputy-leader (Mr J. H. Miller). The tractor route reconnaissance party was due to leave the ship in an hour. The message reported that all was well.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28169, 7 January 1957, Page 6
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