BYRD'S EXPEDITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20385, 14 October 1929, Page 11

BYRD'S EXPEDITION.

EXPERIENCES OF PARTY.

DAYS OF MIST AND CLOUD

United Service. NEW YORK. Oct. 11. (T3v Mr. Russell Owen. Copyrishted 1028 by t lie New York Times Comn-"iy. ijnd the St. Louis Post Dispatch. All rights for publication throughout the world. Wireless to the New York Tunes.)

BAY OF WHALES. Oct. 10

For days we have been living in a land of mist and cloud where the outlines are vague and uncertain, and the white surface under foot cannot be seen. One may stumble, over a lump of snow or step suddenly down a decline. There are no shadows, only a diffused light, which reveals nothing in detail, although, dimly, one may seo in the distance forms of ice pushed up in great uneven ridges or the nebulous line of the barrier cliff. Tho last two days have been warm, bringing in the moist air from the sea, and lifting the temperature higher than it has been in weeks.

Yesterday r.fternoon it was four degrees below zero. Then the wind shifted to the south, and in a few minutes the whole canopy of cloud began to disappear, the thermometer dropped suddenly, and the air was filled with ice crystals which pattered agaist one's face like rain.