Antarctic Discoveries.
The Navy’s recent discoveries m Antarctica turn the present maps of Antarctica into waste paper. Navy aeroplanes found 15,000 ft mountains where ice-covered sea was shown, and a bay embracing 22,000 square miles where mountains are marked. Fifteen members of Rear-Admiral R. 1 E. Byrd’s expedition—the underwater demolition team—-were probably the first men to go swimming so near to the South Pole, when they tried out special rubber suits for 21 minutes. There were no injurious physical effects. The demolition team also tested various explosives on the Antarctic ice..- All the expedition’s ships are ready to leave Little America, possibly to-morrow night.—New York, February 6. j,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 February 1947, Page 6
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