PERILS OF POLAR WASTES.
Relief of Byrd Expedition. SHIP’S TEMPESTUOUS TRIP. (By Russell Owen—Copyrighted 1923. by " New York Times ” Company, and " St. Louis Post-Despatch.”) BAY OF WHALES. Feb. 16. The v City of New York has been blown under the lee of the Barrier as far west as she could go after the worst trip through these seas ever reported. Last night she sighted Ross Island, at the western extremity of the Barrier, and is now working her way eastward in the comparatively calm water under the Barrier. Captain Melville's radio message stated: “Our position is latitude 77 degrees 43 minutes, longitude 171 degrees 30 minutes east. We are running along the face of the Barrier half a mile off in smooth, clear water. The weather is overcast and, with a strong breeze, we are making good time. All hands are working chopping ice clear. We estimate that we have chopped tons of ice off the head gear alone. It is fortunate that we arrived at the Barrier when we did.” (All rights for publication reserved throughout the World—Wireless to “ New York Times.”) PROGRESS OF CITY OF NEW YORK. HUNDRED MILES NEARER. * (By Russell Owen—Copyrighted 1923. by “ New York Times ” Company, and ” St. Louis Post-Despatch.”) (Received February 18, 8.3 p.m.) BAY OF 'WHALES, February 17. The City of New York made more than one hundred miles yesterday, in good water. All hands worked continually freeing the ship from ice. and two hundred tons went overboard, the ship rising 2ft in the water. Everything is in readiness for loading" when the ship ties up in the Bay of Whales. (All rights for publication reserved throughout the World—Wirelesc to “ New York Times.”) THREE WEEKS’ SILENCE. REPORT OF SIR HUBERT WILKINS. (United Press Association—By Electric Teleizre-ah— -ht .) (Received February 18. 7.55 p.m.) LONDON, February 17. A copyright message from Sir Hubert Wilkins from Deception Island says:— “Observations made during the three weeks’ flights, southward of Deception Island complete our main reconnaisance work. We were hampered by cold snow squalls, and almost impossible flying conditions, but we reached latitude 73, longitude 101, whence we saw an apparently limitless sea of broken ice, heaving restlessly. We have not had a single good flying day during the entire three weeks. When not in piercing snow squalls, we were compelled by the scud to fly under a low ceiling, finding an ice-strewn, sea, where previously land was supposed to be. Scientific work was continued aboard the Scoresby, and much valuable data and specimens have been collected. Our failure to communicate by wireless with the steamer Melville, may have -been due to the intervening mountains. Attempts to communicate with Commander Byrd were a total failure. The return trip to Deception Island was the roughest we had ever experienced. The crew and ’planes are now safe aboard the Herrik Ibsen. DANGERS OF WINTER FLYING. TRAGIC END TO ARCTIC FLIGHT. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NOME (Alaska), Feb. 17. The frozen bodies of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland were found buried in a snowbank where they were hurled as their ’plane crashed on November 9 near North Cape. Eielson and his mechanic were returning with a cargo of furs from the Siberian coast when fog intervened. Evidently their altimeter falsely registered 1000 feet off the ground when they were going at full speed. They crashed into a snow mound, scattering engine parts and the fuselage over half an acre. Both men were killed instantly. The United States and Canadian Governments spent £20,000 in searching, and Soviet officials rendered valuable assistance, having eighteen workmen digging the snow to uncover the bodies. ROMANTIC SCHEME OUTLINED. HOLIDAYING IN THE ANTARCTIC. (United Press Association —By Electric Teiegrapn—Copyright.) LONDON, February 17. A romantic scheme for holidaying in the Antarctic has been devised by Captain J. R. Stenhouse, commander of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Aurora and the Royal Research Ship Discovery. He intends to equip a 17,000-ton transAtlantic liner to carry British and American passengers to the Antarctic. He proposes to sail from Southampton on December 10 on a four and a half months’ cruise to the southern limits of navigation. Passengers will be able to join in a two-days’ dash on dog sleighs on the Antarctic Continent. The cruise is expected to appeal to women as the Antarctic Continent is the only remaining part of the earth on which they have not set foot. It is also proposed to visit Commander Byrd’s base and the winter huts used by Scott and Shackleton and Amundsen’s base in the Bay of Whales.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18497, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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