(On Left.) MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.—A view of the mountains on the West Coast of the South Island where Mr A. Dowling, son of Mr G. W. Dowling, of Wellington, lost his life in a climbing tragedy on New Year’s Eve. “X” marks the McKenzie Glacier, where thet tragedy occurred, and the CIRCLE indicates the locality where the party camped. In the Background is Mount the second ascent of which the party had just completed and were then returning. The three members of the climbing party are seen in the INSET photograph. From left, Mr. Dowling, who lest his life, Mr D. Freeman, and Mr S. Davis. The ladies in the group are the first to ever visit th e. Wilkinson Glacier, seen at the foot of Mount Evans, which they explored the day before the tragedy.

Northern Advocate, 8 January 1938, Page 10

(On Left.) MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.—A view of the mountains on the West Coast of the South Island where Mr A. Dowling, son of Mr G. W. Dowling, of Wellington, lost his life in a climbing tragedy on New Year’s Eve. “X” marks the McKenzie Glacier, where the t tragedy occurred, and the CIRCLE indicates the locality where the party camped. In the Background is Mount the second ascent of which the party had just completed and were then returning. The three members of the climbing party are seen in the INSET photograph. From left, Mr. Dowling , who lest his life, Mr D. Freeman, and Mr S. Davis. The ladies in the group are the first to ever visit th e. Wilkinson Glacier, seen at the foot of Mount Evans, which they explored the day before the tragedy.