GREENLAND’S ICY MOUNTAINS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1934, Page 7

GREENLAND’S ICY MOUNTAINS

EXPEDITION OVERDUE THREE HARDY BRITONS [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] COPENHAGEN, August 30. Anxiety is felt here for a British Arctic Expedition, which left the West Greenland coast in May for Mountforel, where it was to base at the camp of the Watkins Expedition of 1930-31. It was hoped to reach Angmagsalik in time to embark for Denmark by the steamer “Gertrude Rask,” but it has not arrived. Unless the Expedition picks up the “Gustav Holm” at Scoresby Sound, or gets into contact by wireless with the Aberdeen schooner “Jacent,” it must winter in Greenland. The party consists of Andrew Croft, Lieutenants Lindsay and Godfrey. All three are under 30 years of age. ALARM PREMATURE ? * RUGBY. August 31. Fears expressed in reports from Copenhagen regarding the safety of the sledge expedition led by Lieut. Martin Lindsay, across the Greenland ice cap, owing to the absence of news of the expedition when the motorship Gertrude Rask left Augmagssalik, are regarded as premature by Lindsay’s friends who state they did not expect him to reach the objective until the middle of next month. It is believed the rations will be sufficient for them to hold out for the full three months which they expected the. journey of 1000 miles to take. The expedition carried no wireless.

The • Greenland Administration states that another motorship calls at Augmagssalik in a few days’ time and the British schooner Jacent is still fishing near the East Greenland coast and has been given permission by wireless to go to Augmagssalik. Lindsay, who has two companions, began the journey across the ice cap about June 8, and carried ten weeks’ food. Although there is yet no cause for anxiety news of the arrival on the east coast is eagerly awaited. ANTARCTIC RESEARCH LONDON, August 31. The Rymill Antarctic expedition ship Penola departs to-morrow on her mission. She is to explore one thousand miles of unknown coastline between Luitpoldland and Charcotland. The Penola carries a Bristol air-cooled tractor, sledges, skis, fuel for power and lighting, scientific apparatus, and three years’ food supply. She awaits at Montevideo Lieut.Commander Bingham with thirty-five huskies from Labrador, after whicn she will proceed Sto Port Stanley to pick up the advance party. ' The research ship “Discovery 11 assists in the transport of stores to the first base, in Grahamland, where an aeroplane will be rigged and a reconnaissance flight will be made to observe the conditions on the ice. Later, a base will be established as far south as possible on the west coast of th Grahamland Archipelago, possibly on Jenny Island. The mam objective requires two long sledge journeys, one east towards Luitpoldland. and one west toward Charcotland. Each is expected to occupy a full summers sledging, preceded by the depositing of food depots.