AT LITTLE AMERICA
DEAD QF WINTER NIGHT
STEADY ROUTINE OF-LIFE
MONTREAL, ■;- June 20.
A radio message from Little America 'states that with the dead .of the, winter night only three days away, the golden horn of a crescent moon has risen over the Barrier ridge to the north; and the faintest of light that marks the daily rising and setting of the sun ; has; become almost unnoticeable. •
The Jives of .the members,of the expedition are worked out' to a -steady routine. All rise at 7.30 o'clock in the morning, and after breakfast start on various manual and scientific pursuits. There is plenty to be done from'watching. the skies for. meteors, to "milking cows.'
The . .principal, concern now : is remodelling, tractors , for exploration work.' Wooden , cabins are being, built with bunks and cooking facilities for the crews. ..''■'", - ' .. /,■*'■•
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 146, 22 June 1934, Page 9
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136AT LITTLE AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 146, 22 June 1934, Page 9
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