INTO THE PACK ICE
WITH IIYRD’S EXPEDITION TRADITIONALLY STO E.M Y WEATHER (Special to United Press Association) (From the Byrd Expedition) JACOB RUPPERT (At Sea), 22ml Dec. Pressing effortlessly at half-speed through extensive ice fields, the Jacob Ruppert at 4 p.m. on Thursday was approximately 106 miles south of Captain C'ook s ' farthest point south, along the 150th meridian. There is a grey plaza of ice in all directions, but on Inc horizon the sky s darker aspect promises open water to the southward. Lyrd instructed Gjertsen to “steer along the 150th meridian until the ice stops you. The Ruppert will bold its course until the cemented pack or the barrier bars her way. Traditionally this approach to Antarctica was invested with the stormiest waters and perhaps the most impenetrable puck. The- Ruppert encountered the first pack ice at 10 o clock this morning.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 23 December 1933, Page 7
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