BITTER ANTARCTIC COLD
TEMPERATURE 67 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY BUSSELL, OWEN Copyrighted, 1928, by the “New York Times” company and the St. Louis “PostDispatch.” All rights for publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to the “New York Times.” BAY OP WHALES, Sunday. , The weather today has been the worst we have yet had, so far as the temperature and wind are concerned. Severe cold on a calm day can be withstood for a long time, but when the wind blows and the temperature stays down, which is unusual, one cannot stay outdoors for any length of time without danger of getting badly frostbitten. The thermometer registered 67 degrees below zero today, and the wind reached a velocity of over 20 miles an hour for most of the day, which is strong enough to whip up the drift snow. The wind is also.from the south-west, which is the cold quarter. The puppies, which seem tougher than any other animals in the world, as they have known no other existence than this cold life, were playing about as happily as ever. Their resistance to the cold is astonishing, for they never sleep in the tunnels if they can avoid it.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 9
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198BITTER ANTARCTIC COLD Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 9
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