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DISCOVERY'S PROGRESS KERGUELEN" SIGHTED (Special to Press Association, (All Eights Reserved) (Received Feb. 10, 2 p.m.) CANBERRA, Feb. 10. Sir Joseph Mawson sent a wireless message, dated February 1, as follows: "Since February 3 the Discovery made steady progress under steam and sail, ami this morning sighted kerguelen. Island, the rugged coastline, bucked by a succession of high mountain peaks, presenting an impressive spectacle. Seen from the south, we observed a remarkable profusion of bird life at Benedict group of islets, chiefly penguins of .several species, with half-a-dozen varieties of petrels, and many albatrosses, all bent on skimming the marine life, which is abundant in the sea hereabouts._ As darkness closed in we were thankful to have sighted the dangerous Salamanca break, which is so far off shore, as to constitute real peril to the odd ships traversing these waters. To-morrow the Discovery should be safely moored at Joanne d'Arc.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 6
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