Expedition returns early
A West German Antarctic expedition is expected in Timaru tomorrow, on the first leg of a homeward voyage aboard the Schepelsturm.
The expedition set up a camp for scientific work at Little Glacier, in north Victoria . Land. Working in an area touched before only by New Zealand sledge expeditions, the West Germans studied geology. The research programme had to be reduced in the last two weeks after a fault developed in one of the expedition’s three helicopters-.
Blizzards delayed the return of scientists and equipment to the Schepelsturm, until last Wednesday. Fuel supplies and a camp were left behind at Little Glacier for next . summer season’s researchers.
The expedition will call at Wellington, probably next Friday.
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Press, 25 February 1980, Page 6
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