ICY SOUTH.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18329, 29 July 1929, Page 9

ICY SOUTH.

WINTERING WITH BYRD PARTY. (By Russell Owen—Copyrighted 1929, by “New York Times” Company, and “St. Louis Post-Despatch.”) (Received July 28, 11 p.m.) BAY OF WHALES, July 27. “This has been the worst day we have had so far as temperature and wind are concerned. Severe cold on a calm day can be withstood for a long time, but when the wind blows, and the thermometer stayp down, which is unusual, one cannot stay out of doors for any length of time, without danger of getting badly frostbitten. Thermometer registers 67deg. below zero to-day, and the wind has been above twenty miles an hour for most of the day—strong enough to whip up the drift snow. The wind is also from the south-west, which is a cold quarter. “The puppies which seem tougher than any other animals in the world, as they have known no other existence than this cold life, were playing about as happily as ever. They rolled and jumped about, more perhaps to keep warm, but they could still curl up in the sheltered spot and go to sleep. Their resistance to cold is astonishing, for they never sleep in the tunnels if they can avoid it.” (All rights for publication reserved throughout the World—Wireless to “ New York Times.”)