WILKINS'S PARTY
AT DECEPTION ISLAND
EXPERIENCE BAD WEATHER.
United Press Association—By Electric Tel*.
eraph—Copyright. - (Received lGth November, 2 p.m.) LONDON,- 15th November. Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a radio message from Deception Island, states that unloading is in full swing "We have inspected things ashore on the : one fine day which followed the mooring of the Melville/.' says the message, "after which the weather was so bad, and the snow lay so deep over Deception Island. Our two aeroplanes are unscathed, except that one stabiliser was slightly strained, but is easily repairable. Supplies are coming out of the ship in perfect shape. Penguins trustfully and gravelywatched the unloading of the machines. » ' "Half a gale sprang up during the second night, and the force of the wind increased during the day, bringing rain and sleet. The conditions are miserably cold, yet the work goes on. We unloaded .automobiles • to-day. Cheeseman claims the credit of driving the first ordinary passenger automobile in Antarctica.''
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 10
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