FIGHTING THEIR WAY HOME

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12250, 23 September 1925, Page 11

FIGHTING THEIR WAY HOME

arcTtc expedition ships GALESAustralian' and N.Z Cable Association (Received September 22,; 8.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 21. The (National Geographic Society has received n radio report that the ship Peary, ' the seaplane-cariber of the MacMillan expedition, libs .sheltered. in a haven" on the Labrador coast, having suocessjftflly crossed' the ttreacherouii Davis Strbit,' after' fighting) high seas and galeis for 19 hours. The schooner Bowdoin has not yet been able to negotiate th'o passage, owing, to gales. She was lasft reported tied to a rock in Godthanb’ fjord, on the Greenland coast, where 1 she was riding ‘-out the'storm. The (Peary’s radio antenna'was torn off twifee hy the high winds, -.but the ship made a record passage! because the winds were favourable from the north!’ and reached a velocity of 75 miles an hour. The Peary will proceed to . Battle Harbour as soon as weather permits. Commander MacMillan said: “TWe have been, running for cover from 'one cove to another, dropping anchor in sheltered spots, and raising it when it was dragged before the power of the shifting gales.” , Tjve expedition probably -will reacn the United States about Octaiber f Joth.