SPEEDING UP

Evening Star, Issue 20089, 1 February 1929, Page 8

SPEEDING UP

UNLOADING THE SOLING ICE BREAK-UP CAUSES COMPLICATIONS By IIUSSELU OWEX. Copyright, 1928, by the New York ‘ Tunes ’ Company and St. Louis ‘ Post Dispatch.’ Ail Rights for Publication Reserved Throughout the World. Wireless to New York '■ Times.’ BAY OF WHALES, January 31. (Received February 1, at 10 a.in.) To-day is one of hard work for every member of the expedition to make up for the loss of our dock. The ships are moored alongside the low barrier edge, which rises here only to the level of the Boling’s bridge, and unloading is being rushed as fast as possible in order to get the threemotored Fokker (one of our heaviest and bulkiest pieces of equipment) out of the hold before wo arc forced to move. Supplies for Wild’s party during Dr Mawson's expedition were landed in this way on the Shackleton ice steps, and Commander Byrd has been quick to seize a similar opportunity. All the materials are being moved back along the trail nearly a mile, so that they may be picked up later on, and hauled to the base. The Fokker is being taxied inland. The break-up of the bay ice yesterday came as the result of a heavy swell the night before. Our trail, over which so much good sledging work was done, is now going seaward in a thousand pieces. Wo have even seen some of the flags used to make the trail sailing by on cakes of ice. The bay is full of small bergs, which have broken off to the south and north of'us. We have several times seen that interesting calving, or birth, of an iceberg.