Blizzards At Pole
(New Zealand Press Association)
SCOTT BASE (Antarctica), May 26. Blizzards up to 95 m.p.h. have been lashing Scott Base for more than a week.
On May 18, the atmospheric pressure fell to the nearly record low level of 949.5 millibars, when the strongest winds were recorded. Since, blizzard has fob towed blizzard with only very short breaks, piling drift snow high against the buildings of the New Zealand Antarctic station in MeMurdo Sound. The fine powdery snow, driven by monstrous
winds, squeezes throu'A every minute cr/ck around windows and doors, reaching / the covered passageways and some of the huts. It blocks the cMmneys of
the central heating units, and gets through the ventilating fans. The roar of the wind is constant in the winter darkness. OutsMe jobs are bitter in tiieao conditions. Fortunately, there has been no serious damage except for the. overturning of two smaH torts mounted on sledges. AU tire main buildings, fixed to the ground with steel guys, have stood firm.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31380, 27 May 1967, Page 1
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