MEETING IN ANTARCTIC

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18254, 24 November 1933, Page 10

MEETING IN ANTARCTIC

TWO BROTHERS* HOPES RIVAL P.OLAR EXPEDITIONS 5 -Vt>ne of the world’s most remarkablerendezvous is anticipated by two brfithefs from Whangarei. They >viJl part company at Wellington at the end of i! this week and, all being well, hope to "meet again some time after Christmas in .the frozen wastes of the Antarctic. The brothers are Messrs. A. B. and J. -R. Robinson, two young New Zealaijd mariners who are joining the Ellswoytli and Byrd Antarctic expeditions. The lure of the eternal snows, which they him responded to before, has called; them irresistibly to further adventure. Broad of shoulder and both over 6fl£ in height, they are ready for the challenge of pack ice, blizzard and biting cold. ' Both of them went to the Antarctic wifh Byrd’s last expedition, of which M£. J. R. Robinson was the youngest member. He spent his eighteenth bi&ljday at the ice barrier. He was an able;seaman in the City of New York, and will probably sail in that capacity in the Bear of Oakland, which Byrd wifi use on his forthcoming expedition, it is “possible that he wifi, stay with the base party in the Antarctic throughout the winter. Sir. A. B. Robinson, who has travelled; the world in sailing ships and had experience of ice conditions in the Arctic, as well as the Antarctic, has accepted an offer to join Mr., Lincoln

Ellsworth’s expedition to the Antarctic. He will sail on the Wyatt Karp probably aS third mate or boatswain. He held the two positions combined when on the City of New York with Byrd. The brothers will separate at Wellington, where Mr. J. R, Robinson will remain to await the arrival of RearArairal Byrd. Mr. A. B. Robinson will proceed to Dunedin to join Mr. Ellsworth’s party. They hope to meet in the Bay of Whales some time after Christmas. “Our objective in going south again,” said Mr. A. B. Robinson, “is to gain further experience so that at some future date we will bo able to undertake scientific research and meteorological work in the Antarctic.”