2200 Miles Under Ice
SIR HUBERT WILKINS’ LATEST VENTURE United Press Association—:By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrigh t. Received Monday, 9.55 p.m, LONDON, Jan. S. “I put my last penny into the second Arctic expedition which will cost about £35,000. I have £25,000 and hope to raise the remainder in England,’’ said Sir Hubert Wilkins on his arrival from the United States. He added that the expedition would start in July, 1937, or July, 1938. He proposes to cross from Spitzbergen under the North Pole to the Behring Sea, 2200 miles. The expedition will last about 2£ months. “Although the submarine is constructed to remain under the ice for five days at a time I shall make short dashes of about 12 hours, each covering 50 miles. I aim to determine whether a submarine can be used as a permanent base lor Arctic observations, also whether Cocker Island, believed to lie northwest of Ellesmere Land, really exists. I shall have a crew of six Norwegians and Englishmen. My wife wants to go,” concluded Sir Hubert.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 3, 5 January 1937, Page 7
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1722200 Miles Under Ice Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 3, 5 January 1937, Page 7
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