MAWSON ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
BYRD’S GOOD WISHES (United Service.) Bay of Whales, March 1. “I have just heard that the Australian Government is backing an Antarctic expedition for Sir Douglas Mawson,” said Commander R. E. Byrd. “This is good news. My friend Sir Douglas is a great scientist, as well as an explorer, and there is no one with a greater knowledge of Antarctica than he. We therefore predict a brilliant success, and, if it may be possible for our expedition to co-operate or lend him assistance, wc shall be delighted to do so. Antarctica is a tremendous area, and it will take many expeditions to bring it out from the columns of the unknown?*
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 6
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