Antarctic
Budgie When Mr Neville Grfien. a technician with the New Zealand research team, leaves Christchurch Airport for McMurdo Sound this morning, be will- take with him an insulated box containing what be hopes will be a companion during his 12 months stay in Antarctica. •In the box will be a five-
weeks-old budgerigar which Mr Green will try. to teach to talk He is taking several . pounds of bird seed and an assortment of “budgie toys.” Inside the heated hut at 1 Cape Hallett, the bird should find conditions much Like home. The most difficult task will be dealing with the sudden drop in temperature when transporting the bird from the various aircraft to tbe Antarctic bases. It is hoped that the insulated box , will then protect him.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30270, 24 October 1963, Page 14
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129Antarctic Press, Volume CII, Issue 30270, 24 October 1963, Page 14
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