MISTINESS IN ANTARCTIC
SUDDEN COLD FOLLOWS WARMTH. (Copyright. —From Byrd Expedition.) Bay of Whales, Oct. 10. For days Little America has been a land of mist and cloud, where the outlines are vague *and uncertain and the white surface underfoot cannot be seen. Ono may stumble over a lump of snow of the edge of a zastrugi, or steep suddenly down a decline. There are shadows, but only diffused light, which reveals nothing in detail, although dimly one may sec the indistinct forms of ice pushed up in great uneven ridges or the nebulous line of the barrier cliff. During the last two days it has been warm, bringing in moist air from the sea and lifting the temperature higher than it has been for weeks. Yesterday afternoon it was four degrees below zero and then the wind shifted to the south and, in a few minutes, the whole canopy of cloud began to disappear, the thermometer dropped suddenly, and the air was filled with ice crystals, which pattered against one’s face like rain.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1929, Page 7
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