60 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
REAR-ADMIRAL BYRD’S BASE COLDER THAN LITTLE AMERICA. SEVERE BLIZZARD EXPERIENCED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Little America, April 17. In his daily radio communication RearAdmiral Byrd from his advance base reports temperatures of between 50 and 60 degrees below zero, which is an average of 30 degrees lower than at Little America, due to the absence of the moderating effect of the Ross Sea. “He also exchanged meteorological reports with Mr. William Haines, senior meteorologist at Little America.
Yesterday a blizzard flayed the camp, halting all work. The sky was sodden, with a thick-packed stratus of clouds through'which the sun was only vaguely visible. To-day the men worked digging out 450-pound drums cf petrol at the East Barrier cache, just north of Cape Nahue. They are still removing supplies from the food caches and bringing seal carcases to the camp for the dogs.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1934, Page 7
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