Wilkins Makes First Flight In History Of Antarctic.
CLEARS UP GEOGRAPHICAL MYSTERY, PROVING GRAHAM LAND IS AN ISLAND. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received December 21, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 20. SIR HUBERT WILKINS in a copyright message states that: — “ Graham Land is separated from the Great Polar Continent by an ice-filled channel. “ The question, which has puzzled geographers for ages, was solved to-day, a flight in the monoplane beyond the volcanic mountains in Graham Land enabling us to see 650 miles south over the Antarctic Continent. We proved conclusively that the range does not extend uninterruptedly. It has previously been the belief of science that the mountains in Graham Land extended towards the Pole and perhaps beyond. We disproved that today. “We also gained an important sight of the geographical formation of the little known land of ice. A runway of half a mile had to be cleared through the snow and the take-off was very difficult.—Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18643, 21 December 1928, Page 9
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