MOST UNUSUAL CONDITIONS
WEATHER IN THE ANTARCTIC. ABOVE ZERO EVERY DAY. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. Montreal, May 28. A radio message from Little America states: It now appears that, like everything else, Antarctic weather is depreciating. It has turned astonishingly mild since Tuesday. The temperature has risen above zero every day and on Thursday hit a height of 25 degrees above, which is considered phenomenal for the dead of the winter night. The men enjoyed the change, and a group walked to the Bay of Whales. The expedition’s animals, particularly the cows, were greatly relieved at the spring-like atmosphere. It is not uncommon in the Antarctic winters to see an occasional above-zero day, but the meteorologists say that the present temperatures a . most unusual. The highest temperature registered on the first Byrd expedition was 17 degrees above zero.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1934, Page 12
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