OASIS IN ANTARCTIC
REGION OF WARM WATERS AND BARE HILLS (Rec. 8 a.m.) > i NEW YORK, February 17. A full-scale scientific expedition will fly next Monday to the oasis of lakes seen in the Antarctic by members of Rear-Admiral Byrd’s expedition, states a message from the Mount Olympus. Several days of intensive research will be spent at the oasis, which is regarded as the most puzzling of all' .natural wonders found in the Antarctic. A seaplane’ landed in the lake region last Thursday, and an analysis of the reports indicates that the oasis comprises 40 square miles of warm waters and bare hills. It lies five miles inland from the edge of the assumed Knox coast, and about 200 ft above sea level.
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Evening Star, Issue 26029, 18 February 1947, Page 6
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123OASIS IN ANTARCTIC Evening Star, Issue 26029, 18 February 1947, Page 6
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