RYMILL EXPEDITION
North Graham Land Part of Antarctic Continent London, arch 2. A copyright message from "The Times” special correspondent in Graham Laud states that two reconnaissance flights in the past month concluded the work of the Rymill Expedition. One flight demonstrated that North Graham Land is part of the Antarctic continent, and that the Crane Channel does not exist. The other enabled exploration to be made of Alexander I Land, which was shown to be highly mountainous. The expedition has now surveyed and photographed a thousand miles of coastline and mapped and explored large tracts of unknown land continuous with what was formerly known of Alexander I Land and South Graham Land. The Penola will soon sail on the homeward voyage. The three-masted schooner Penola, carrying the expedition led by Mr. John Rymill, the explorer, left London on September 10, 1934. for Graham Land, taking supplies for three years. The expedition was described as the most important since Shackleton’s, the object being to discover whether Antarctica is one or two continents.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 135, 4 March 1937, Page 11
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172RYMILL EXPEDITION Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 135, 4 March 1937, Page 11
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