AT THE ICE PACK
WAITING FOR OPENING BYRD IN THE ANTARCTIC (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (United Service.) (Received Dec. 15, l p.m.) VANCOUVER, Dec. 14. A message from the Bynl expedition ship, City of Now York, says: — “Wo are lying outside the ice pack waiting for it to open. As tar as wo i-aii see to the east and west the pack extends in an unbroken line. Whalers to the south report that the pack is very thick this year. It would lie useless going in where we might be caught and held imlelinitely. Our plan is to wait until the ice opens sufficiently so that Hie trip may be made along the 180th meridian line.
“We are now much further dawn than usual, and well inside the Antarctic circle. We are 500 miles further south than Captain Wilkins. The last two days the weather has been cold am! clear. The ship is lying in a small bay.. “The Eleanor Bolling departed on Tuesday after transferring 87 tons of coal, many bags of which are piled on deck. As a result the ship is like a barge, and would bo heavy in a seaway. We all have our fingers crossed, and nre praying for continued calm unt i! we get into the pack. ’ ’
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16828, 15 December 1928, Page 6
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