WARMER IN ANTARCTIC

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 90, 12 October 1929, Page 9

WARMER IN ANTARCTIC

FOG BLOWS IN FROM SEA

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(By Eussell Owen.—Special to "New

York Times.")

(Received 12th October, 9 a.m.)

BAY OF WHALES, 10th October.

For days we have been living in a land of mist and cloud, where the outlines are vague and uncertain, and the white surface underfoot cannot be seen. Ono may stumble over a lump of snow or the edges of Zastrugi, or step suddenly down a decline. There are no shadows; only a diffused light which reveals nothing in detail, although dimly one may see in the distance forms of ice pushed up in great uneven ridges or the nebulous line of the Barrier cliff. The last two days have been warm, bringing in moist air from the sea, and. lifting the temperature higher than it has been in weeks. Yesterday afternoon it was four below zero, and then the wind shifted to the south, and in a few minutes tho»- whole canopy of cloud began to disappear. The thermometer dropped suddenly, and the air was filled with ice-crystals which pattered against the face like rain. I Copyrighted 1928 by "New York Times" Company and "St. Louis Post-Dispatch." All rights fot oublicatlon reserved throughout the world.] >