Wireless Word From Discovery

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7168, 15 March 1930, Page 14

Wireless Word From Discovery

ALL HANDS SIGH FOR CABBAGE. Copyright—Press Assu. The wireless from the Discovery dated March II: — “Now we are definitely turned towards civilisation. All hands are pleasurably anticipating the prospect of the addition of fresh vegetables to thcii j diet. Our potatoes and onions kept [ well, despite adverse climatic conditions, but. were finished long ago. The I excellent of the preserved food stores is attested by- the fact that there has been no sickness among the members of the expedition and some have put on weight. “Wireless communication with Australia is now good and not even affected by the luminescent auroral phenomenon visible to-night in the southern sky. We are now .1100 miles from Lee-uwin on tire direct run from Kerguelen. “The weather since leaving the Island has helped us to continue marine investigations, with tho object of defining tho character and movements of tho waters entering the eastern, .or Australian, Antarctic basin. Along this front wc have already found a striking submarine ridge, connecting the Kerguelen plateau with tho Antarctic continent, thus dividing into two compartments tho deeper water of tho southern ocean. i