LIFTING OF THE SIEGE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 5

LIFTING OF THE SIEGE

JOY IN THE ANTARCTIC

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

LITTLE AMERICA, Dec. 24.

On Christmas Eve, this remote community is preparing to celebrate the holiday in its own odd fashion.

The main cause for joy among members of the 'expedition is that their siege will soon be lifted. Two days after Christmas, the Bear of Oakland is scheduled to leave Dunedin with the long awaited mail packets containing the word from home that the men aro so anxious to hear.

To-morrow will see some disappointments. Six turkeys, carefully saved for the occasion, have gone. Marauding dogs took them from the tunnel storehouse during the' winter. Even beef is scarce, and it is probable that some of the unending supply of seal meat will find its way to the Christmas table.

The prospective menu consists of vegetable soup a la Bay of Whales, fried steak, carbone (meaning whatever the expedition’s cook, Mr. Carbon, is able to find), creamed corn, potatics, cranberry sauce, apple pie and ice cream.

After a day’s probing an the snow and ice-filled storehouse, a long lost case of sherry was found, to the happiness of everyone, for now the expedition can belatedly celebrate the repeal of prohibition in America. Seventeen members of the expedition will bo absent, including the two stranded field parties and the relief crew that are carrying parts for the disabled tractor.