ANTARCTIC GALES
BYRD ENCOUNTERING DIFFICULTIES * BEAR'OF OAKLAND BATTERED Press Association—By Telegraph—Coyprigki WASHINGTON, February 22. (Received February 23, at 8 a.m.) Rear-Admiral Byrd, in a radio message, said five attempts to reach ‘the Antarctic coast failed. The or Oakland, battered by gales and ice, hove-to. He is making a final attempt! to-morrow, but fears that the early freezing of the pack has stopped exploration in this longitude.
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Evening Star, Issue 23508, 23 February 1940, Page 7
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66ANTARCTIC GALES Evening Star, Issue 23508, 23 February 1940, Page 7
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