ANTARCTIC BASE
WILKINS ARRIVES
TOYAGE FROM MONTEVIDEO
(Received loth November, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 14th November. Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a radio mes- ~; sage from Deception' Island, dated 14tU -'- November, says: "One lone iceberg. _" greeted us as we arrived through snow- ~ squalls at our Antarctic base this even- :. ing. Our two loekhead 'planes, Los -•; Angeles and San Francisco, were awaiting us in their winter clothing, hay- - ing ridden out storms of sleet and -;' winds and 50 • degrees below zero, ap- i parently secure and fit as when -we ; left the,m eight months ago.- After I a fine trip from Montevideo « ap- ~ proached Deception Island with cautioa " through heavy seas, after riding out a -t storm. We entered the bay only just ..■ in time. Two hours after nightfall „ ice blocked the entrance, we had tray- ::. ersed. The menare now mooring the chip in half, darkness.1' c>
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 119, 15 November 1929, Page 12
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144ANTARCTIC BASE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 119, 15 November 1929, Page 12
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