ANTARCTIC TRIP.
FIRST SHIP LEAVES. BOSTON, Sept. 25. The barquentine Bear sailed on Monday for the Antarctic with scientific equipment valued at 100,000 dollars aboard. Admiral R. E. Byrd went down the harbour in the vessel, returning with the pilot. Dunedin, New Zealand, will be the Bear’s where she will bo joined by the expedition’s other vessel, Jacob Ruppert, formerly the Pacific Fir. The cargoes will be shifted at Dunedin before the vessels begin the voyage to the Antarctic. Inside the Bay of Whales the Bear will land Admiral Byrd and his party of 40, who will remain there during the Antarctic winter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 7
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103ANTARCTIC TRIP. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 7
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