FIRST SIGHT OF THE SUN.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18351, 23 August 1929, Page 9

FIRST SIGHT OF THE SUN.

With Byrd in the South. WINTER LIFE ON THE BARRIER. (By Russell Owen—Copyrighted 1929, by “New York Times” Company, and “St. Louis Post-Despatch.”) BAY OF WHALES, Aug. 20. An unfair advantage was taken of the sun to-day. Officially, the sun is not due back until Thursday; but it was so close to the horizon at noon that the men climbed the radio towers and saw It as it peeped from the top of the Barrier Hills. The sun did not quite detach itself from the clinging skyline, but at least three-quarters of it was visible. Not only that; but a seal was killed for fresh meat, making it a notable day. The snow shovel gang went out, marking the end of the long period of hibernation. Bernt Balchen and Sverre Strom went on skis to Framheim to see the condition of the ice at the approaches to the Barrier, where the southern trail winds through the pressure ice and crevasses. They found many new upheavals and crevasses, as if there had been terrific pressure there this winter. On the way home they came by way of the ice, and had to make a wide detour to get back around the pressure ice, which had been forced up in the last few months. The entire surface of the Bay between here and Framheim has apparently changed, and is so broken that it may go out this season so much farther than last year. (All rights for publication. reserved throughout the World—Wireless 1 1 New York Times.")