STEFANSSON'S NEWS.
DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING.
WILKINS SEEKING A CRAFT.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received March 31, 11.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 30
Sir Hubert Wilkins says he is consulting tho Lake Torpedo Company about procuring a submarine for his proposed Arctic trip. He estimates tho distance in the Arctic Sea to be traversed by the vessel at about 2000 miles.
One type of craft is already available with an " air-lock " which would enable egress to be made while it was submerged. The cost of tho expedition would be £50,000.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, in commenting upou Sir Hubert's plan, said: "Of course it pleases me very much that he should think of adopting my idea, but I am also worried because it would be a very dangerous enterprise." Ten or twenty years from now, said Stefansson, a submarine voyage of that nature will be a commonplace thing without danger, but at present it is a mighty dangerous thing. It is feasible to blast ice upward from a submarine.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20218, 1 April 1929, Page 9
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