BOUND FOR THE ICE
PREPARATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Dominion Special Service. Dunedin, November 22. The Byrd Antarctic Expedition ship City of New York, which has just completed extensive overhaul at Port Chalmers, was towed up to Dunedin this morning. After some work on board has been completed she will take in 200 tons of Westport coal and will then commence the loading of provisions and equipment for the expedition’s base.
Captain Melville states that when the barque leaves Dunedin about the middle of December she will make the trip to the ice pack under sail in order to conserve the coal supply. At the ice pack she will be joined by the Eleanor Bolling, which will load stores and equipment here and sail early in January. Both ships will work their wav through the ice together and should reach the Bay of Whales during the latter part of January. The crew of the City of New York on her trip south will include a number of New Zealanders, for whom the voyage should be a remarkable experience.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 51, 23 November 1929, Page 10
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179BOUND FOR THE ICE Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 51, 23 November 1929, Page 10
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