AN ARCTIC STATION
EXPLORER'S PLANS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)"
CHRISTCHURCH, February 27. '' A determination to continue with his project of establishing a permanent observatory in a submarine at a point in the Arctic ice pack north of Alaska and within 400 miles' of the North (Pole was expressed today by Sir Hubert Wilkins.. He' hopfs to leave in April for the United States, where he will begin the construction of Nautilus'H at the earliest possible moment.
"Of all the variod experiences I have had in twenty-three years of polar exploration work, nothing has been more thrilling'than' our first polar journey beneath the ice in the first Nautilus," said Sir Hubert Wilkins.
"Most things had been foreseen, tout tho noise produced by the tanging of the ico floes on the hollow drum of our vessel was the most nerve-wracking thing I have ever experienced. However, I, soon realised that it was just a big noise and ' nothing serious. No damage was done, and after diving seven times beneath the ico floes we proved to our . satisfaction that 'submarines could bq serviceable- for scientific research work in the Arctic."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1934, Page 14
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186AN ARCTIC STATION Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1934, Page 14
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