ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
DISCOVERY I! AT SIMONSTOWN SOUTH AFRICA’S CO-OPERATION The whaling research ship Discovery II returned in May to Simonstown, South Africa, after five months’ work in the Antarctic. The Discovery’s main task in the Antarctic is to collect data bearing on the numbers and the annual migration of whales, Specially prepared tags are fired into whales to enable their movements to be traced In one case a whale marked off the Falkland Islands was captured three months later off the Australian coast having travelled half-way round the globe. For the first time in the history ol Antarctic research, the Union Government was associated with the work of the research ship This was a result of a decision taken at the recent Imperial Conference, at which the dominions in the southern hemisphere were invited to appoint scientists to join the expeditions. As a result much information of interest to the coastal whaling industry and to the South African Mefeorological Department and the' Fisheries Board has been obtained.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23556, 20 July 1938, Page 3
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167ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Otago Daily Times, Issue 23556, 20 July 1938, Page 3
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