GRAHAM LAND
APART FROM POLAR CONTINENT. WILKINS’ DISCOVERY. IMPORTANT AERIAL SURVEY. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph —Copyright). (Australian Press Association —United Service). Received December 21, 10.35 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 20. Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a copyright message states: “Graham Land is separated from the great polar continent by an ice-filled channel. The question which has puzzled geographers for ages was solved to-day. A flight in the monoplane beyond the volcanic mountains in Graham Land enabling us to see 650 miles south over the Antarctic Continent. It proved conclusively that the range does not extend uninterruptedly. “It has previously been the belief of science that the mountains in Graham Land extended towards the Pole and, perhaps, beyond. We disproved that to-day. We also gained an important sight of the geographical formation of a little known land of ice.
A i unway of half a mile had to be cleared through the snow and the take off was very difficult.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 20, 21 December 1928, Page 9
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