COLD AT BOLLING POST
EFFECT UPON INSTRUMENTS. ADMIRAL BYRD’S DIFFICULTIES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Rec. 10 p.m. Montreal, May 21. A radio message from Little America states that Rear-Admiral Byrd talked to Mr. Haines, the expedition’s meteorologist, to-day and reported the temperature at 72 degrees below zero, indicating that the Bolling Post was likely to become the coldest spot ever inhabited, as the coldest periods of the winter night are still to be expected. Admiral Byrd reported that he had much difficulty in keeping the weather observation instruments functioning in the extreme cold. Frost gathered on everything exposed and collected in gritty layers on the annemometer cups, producing errors in recorded wind velocities. It was necessary frequently to climb the 12-foot pole and wipe the vane clean. The clock instrument in the shelter had stopped. Apparently the oil in the mechanism had frozen. In the camp a holiday was taken after the completion of the outdoor work. The tractors and aeroplanes are safely stored.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 May 1934, Page 7
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