IN ANTARCTICA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 March 1929, Page 7

IN ANTARCTICA

BYRD'S EXPEDITION READY FOR THE WINTER (United Press Asnoeiation—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Australiaa Press Association) (Copyright, from the Byrd Expedition, by Commander Byrd.) BAY OF WHALES, 28th March. "The grey twilight that comes before the long winter night is settling ovei the Antarctic. The sun rises only a short distance above the horizon and gives little heat. "Most of the outside work is done. There will be shelter for everyone and rooms where we may work or read and pass the days of darkness in comfort. A holiday has been declared, that tired muscles mav be rested and energy renewed for the last days of hard work. "For (".fires months these men havo worked as they would never have worked under normal conditions, building houses and hauling bflky, heavy material which accompanies aviation. If has been a Herculean task. "The Fairchild Stars and Stripes is buried for the winter in a house of snow blocks, and the Ford Floyd Bennett will be tucked away on the next quiet day. The former has mad 3 her last flight and the 'plane now rests in a snow fort, as safe as if run into a hangar. 'Yesterday the last of the barrier cache was brought in. This was material taken ..shore while ho EleanorBoiling lay alongside the ba:iier, and hauled towards >amp when the weather permitted. The'last drums of gasoline and the last bags of coal were brought in.yesterday after they had been excavated from tons of snow.

"Everything about camp has been collected and placed in one pile. The weather now is less fickle, tin days clear and cold, with beautifully tinted "sunsets and a brilliant elongated moon of unfamiliar countemnce."'

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