SNOWBOUND IN RANGES
DISCOMFORT FROM THAW
TOO THICK TO SEE FAR
United p rCss Association-By Electric Tele-
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(Received 19th December, 9 am) BAY OF WHALES, 17th December. Dr. Laurence Gould, in a radio message from Queen Maud Eange, says:— "It is still snowing, and there is no prospect of an immediate change in the weather. The sledges are nearly buried in the suou-, the dogs are living in holes, and our tents are half covered. Everything is wet and soggy, for it is warm and thero is much melting T tents y°Ur r°°fS d° nOt loak like our
"It is not forty'below zero, but this Kind o± weather makes sledging hard C x?V e£t Our few books »* camp Strom We have one deck of cards, and play hearts and bridge for chocolate as a pastime. There, are mountains on three sides of us, but we can see nothing. Everyone is in high spirits in spite of the weather."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 9
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