THE WYATT EARP
BAD TIME IN PACK ICE.
NO CLEAR PASSAGES.
(Per United Press Association.)
Wellington, January 8. Lieutenant English, Commander of the Bear of Oakland, says the Lincoln Ellsworth expedition in the Wyatt Earp is having a bad time in the pack-ice. The vessel entered the pack-ice on December 15 in latitude 63 deg. 17min. south, longitude 174 deg. east, her position indicating that the ice_ belt was much further north than in normal years. On Saturday Rear-Admiral Byrd had received a radio message from the Wyatt Earp stating that the pack-ice was extremely heavy, with practically no “leads” showing in it anywhere from the ship. Thus the Wyatt Earp has already been 22 days in the pack-ice and still there is no indication when she is likely to get clear. Lieutenant English mentioned that probably the reason why no Press messages had been received recently from the Wyatt Earp was because she had been having trouble with her radio apparatus and was short of tubes, the concussion to the ship caused by her ramming the. pack-ice or being bumped herself by the ice had broken a number of tubes in the transmitting apparatus and, being short of spare tubes, she was conserving those she had and only sending absolutely essential messages.
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Southland Times, Issue 22217, 9 January 1934, Page 6
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213THE WYATT EARP Southland Times, Issue 22217, 9 January 1934, Page 6
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