ON EDGE OF ICEPACK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 December 1928, Page 9

ON EDGE OF ICEPACK.

WAITING FOR* OPENING,

THE BYRD EXPEDITION.

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VANCOUVER, Dec. 14.

A message from the City of New York says: “W € are lying outside the icepack waiting for it to open. 'As far as we can see to the east and west the pack extends in an unbroken line. Whalers to the south Teport that the pack is very thick this year. It would be useless going in where we might be caught and 'held indefinitely. The plan is to wait until the ice opens sufficiently so that the trip may be made along the 180th meridian line. We are now much further down than usual and well inside the Antarctic Circle, three hundred miles further south than Captain Wilkins. For the last two days the weather lias been cold and clear. Th e ship is lying in a small bay. The Eleanor Bolling departed on Tuesday after transferring eightyseven tons of coal, many bags of which are piled on deck. As a result the ship is like a. barge and would be heavy an a seaway. We all have our fingers crossed praying for a continued calm until we get into the pack. POSITION OF THE VESSELS.

WELLINGTON, Dee. 15. A radio picked up here last, night indicates that the City of New York 'Tossed: the Antarctic Circle southward bound yesterday. The ship was then among the pack ice, and had crossed the 180th meridian during the evening. At this position she was about 1250 miles south of Dunedin. The Eleanor Bolling, returning to Dunedin, was stated to he about 975 miles south of Dunedin at noon yesterday.