ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
DR MAWSON REPORTS. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. OOPYRIGBT. HOB ART, Dec. 27. By the Toroa Dr Mawson sent an interesting account of the doings of his patty on the Macquarrie Islands. They found sea leopards, sea elephants, penguins, giant petrels, Maori hens, and wild cats in abundance, and fish plentiful. There was no difficulty in obtaining abundant food supplies. Fifty-five sheep were landed from the Toroa. and there was plenty of feed —long grass and circular cabbage, wherewith the islands are densely clothed. A wireless station was erected on a headland several hundred feet above the sea.
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Mataura Ensign, 28 December 1911, Page 5
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102ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Mataura Ensign, 28 December 1911, Page 5
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