HAZARDOUS ARCTIC QUEST
MISSION! OF NAUTILUS FURTHER. WARNING VOICED (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 24. Commander Macmillan, who said he expected soon to entertain Sir Hubert Wilkins at liis home at Cape Cod, today termed the contemplated expedition in the submarine Nautilus under the Artie ice-cap as the most hazard- 1 ous task ever attempted by an Arctic explorer.
He characterised the trip as virtually impossible. Commander Macmillan said, and lie felt the submarine would reach the pole only by chance due to the lack of navigation points while submerged. Commander Macmillan expressed the belief that the vessel if caught in the ice would have no chance of escape.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 26 March 1931, Page 5
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