SIR HUBERT WILKINS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20960, 25 February 1930, Page 9

SIR HUBERT WILKINS

PLANS FOR ARCTIC TRIP. SUBMARINE TO BE USED. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright!) MONTEVIDEO, February 24. (Received Feb. 24, at 9 p.m.) Maps showing 300 miles of hitherto unknown coastline discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins and movie films of scenes in the Antarctic were landed here to-day from the Ibsen. Sir Hubert stated that the members of the expedition kept perfect health and had suffered seasickness only' when making short trips in small craft. The weather had been worse than it was on the last trip, although there was less ice. The expedition had verified that Charcot was a peninsula and not an island, with a large continent southward. Instead of finding land west of Charcot they had found only water. They had been 1 in no danger when cut off from wireless communication last month, but a mountain range 9000 feet high south of_ Peter, the First island made transmission and reception impossible. They had prepared plans for the establishment of permanent observation posts in the Antarctic, but installation of these depended on the financial co-operation of the nations concerned. It was possible for men to live in these regions for long periods. Sir Hubert will leave for New York within a week to prepare for an Arctic trip in a submarine, which he considers a logical complement to scientific work. The party came direct from Deception Island without stopping at the Falklands.' They had two days of very stormy weather em route.