ANTARCTIC TOURS
WILKINS’ SUGGESTION ATTRACTIONS FOR TRAVELLERS NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Sir Hubert Wilkins, speaking at a luncheon of tourist agents, said be find been long minded to call attention to the pleasure of Antarctic travel for tourists who had an unjustifiable fear of the Antarctic. There were no more worse storms in the roaring forties than sometimes in the Black Sea. He suggested a world tour north and south via the Orient, the East Indies and Australia, thence to tho Antarctic from the south of New Zealand to the Ross Sea, thence via Cape Horn, the Falklands, and South America. Lady Wilkins will accompany her husband on next season’s Antarctic trip. Mr, Ellsworth, who plans to marry, will also be accompanied by Mrs. Ellsworth. Lady Wilkins will write a book on her experiences in the Antarctic. Special apparel will be taken by her, ensuring safety and comfort.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17951, 1 December 1932, Page 7
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