BRITAIN WARNED
ANTARCTIC INTERESTS
CONSOLIDATION URGED
AMERICAN EXPEDITION ESTABLISHING OUTPOSTS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. July 30 A British explorer, Mr. Ernest W. Walker, who was a member of the British Antarctic expedition, 1937-39 urges, in view of the despatch of Admiral Byrd's American expedition to establish and permanently occupy three colonies, that Britain should consolidate her interests, starting at the end of September.
Mr. Walker savs Britain would lose her possessions in the western Ross
Sea dependency if America established a third colony at Little America some hundreds of miles within the area of the dependency. The cost of a British expedition would be £50,000, which is not yet forthcoming.
Changes in sovereignty in the Antarctic might seriously affect the £10,000,000 British whaling industry. Germany made an Antarctic claim early in 1939, and Russia and Japan will send out expeditions in the coming season.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23413, 1 August 1939, Page 9
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