U.S.A. EXPEDITION
CONQUERS 4,500 FT. PLATEAU. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). GRAND CANYON (Arizona), September 16. A signal fire at the top of Shiva Templa, which is a plateau rising to 4,500 ieet. and which had been untrodden by man lor at least 12,C00 years, announced that nine scientists and five porters had conquered this “lost world.” 'I he expedition, roped together, perilously groped its way for many hours up a perpendicular sandstone cliff, AT) feet high. Only essential supplies were taken, tlio t so including traps, in which it was hoped to ensnare animals that would be unknown to modern science. The expedition also carried instruments for the study of surviving forms of ice age vegetation. Food will be parachuted to them from ’planes.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1937, Page 5
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