An interesting exhibit at a lecture by Instructor-Commander W. 11. Moves, ol 11.M.A.5. Australia, on "Antarctic Exploration,” at Wellington, was a sledge which had been left behind in Adobe Land by Sir Douglas M.iwson in 1912, and which bad been brought back to civilisation in 1931 by Mr. If. G. Simmers. a member of another Mnwson expedition in that year. Although the sledge was in the frozen wastes for nearly 20 years, if is in good condition, having been found in a hollow covered with a protecting layer of snow.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 28 September 1933, Page 5
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