CHRISTMAS IN ANTARCTIC
BEST THOUGHTS ARE OF HOME. (Copyright by Russel Owen). . Bay of Whales, Dec. 25. This is Christmas, and the best thing we can think of is that a month from now the ships should be here, and in another month, if all is well, we should be where there are unfamiliar trees and grass, trolly cars and noises. We will probably be run over 'by automobilies on our first day ashore. It is a miserable summer Polar Day, with soft snow underfoot and drab sky above; such a monotone of white and grey that unless there is a little dirt around it is impossible to see the surface, and there is no horizon; just a bowl of gruel in which objects stand out as if resting on air. Thirty of us have in seen land or anything resembling it since landing on the Barrier a vear ago to-day.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1929, Page 3
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