IN ANTARCTICA

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1929, Page 6

IN ANTARCTICA

(Bv Russell Owen—Copyrighted 1929 by the New York Times Company, and St. Louis Post Despatch. All rights for publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to New York Times.)

GOULD’S REPORTS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received tip's day at 9.25 a.m.) BAY OF WHALES, Dec. 8. Gould’s geological party in Queen Aland Range have climbed part of the way up Mount Nansen, west of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Gould’s reports have been as follows : Dec. fitli: “Present camp which •is west of Alt. Betty on Axel Heiberg, is at 85 degrees 2 minutes south and 165/30 west, longitude. O’Brien, Thorn j and I stared for Alt. Betty to-day, but a heavy fog came up and we had to return. We have established our mountain base here. AYiih better weather we shall start up the glacier to-morrow with two weeks’ supply, in an attempt to reach fiat-lying rocks that cap Alt. Nansen.” Dec. 7th: “We came up the west portion of Axel Heiberg yesterday and camped in a snowstorm on the north, side of Aft. Nansen. The rocks wore'' very difficult to reach. There were crevasses on all the borders of the glacier, but we climbed 6,500 ft. up the flank of Alt, Nansen to-day ami found a series of rocks that has told us a. geological story of such amazing interest as to make the whole trip worth tlm effort. We have only started, and

have been in the clouds most of flip time for the last three days. It greatly interferes with our work.”