THE DISCOVERY FOR NEW ZEALAND.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Having noticed from a cable in your issue of Friday last that Captain Scott’s old ship, Discovery, is for sale in London, it seems to me a pity that some effort cannot be made to secure this fine vessel for New Zealand. Specially constructed for ice-work, she is by no means an old ship as wooden ships go, being, as Sir Douglas Mawson has pointed out, still good for another 20 years’ service. With so much work still to be done in the Antarctic, especially in the field of meteorology, it is high time that New Zealand took a lead in this respect by securing the Discovery and equipping her with a personnel ready to carry on the work. Furthermore, she would he elninently suitable as a relief ship to future expeditions. I believe that we have in Dunedin a society which intends to further Antarctic exploration and research. I would Be interested to know how the society regards the suggestion made above, and if it can give a lead to the financial aspect of the question.—l am, etc., Progress. August 10.
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Evening Star, Issue 22413, 10 August 1936, Page 11
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