WEATHER PROPHECY
STATIONS IN POLAR REGIONS. SIR HUBERT WILKINS’ PLANS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Toronto, April 30. Sir Hubert Wilkins, interviewed en route to Winnipeg, said he intended to establish a submarine station at a point 400 miles from the North Pole and one • of the key spots in a world’s meteorological map. After some 27 stations in the Arctic and 12 in the Antarctic had been established the meteorological map would be complete enough to forecast the character of the seasons with a degree of accuracy hitherto unknown. He declared that the submarine method was chosen in this particular spot because it was most convenient for sending in supplies, and the water under the ice was warmer than the air above, making it possible to live under the sea in comparative comfort, noting currents and the conduct of the water beneath, and coming up to see how the wind was blowing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1935, Page 5
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