DOINGS IN ANTARCTICA.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 5

DOINGS IN ANTARCTICA.

/■ MESSAGES FRdil MAWSON

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"ADELIE BLIZZARD" JUST PUB-

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AN INTERESI'ING BUDGET OF Wi. ■ ■.:'■"■■::''<■ -NEWS.' " ■-'" ■^■ v<

•(United Press Association.—Copyright.) - . Received 12.30, a-m... May. 13' •:.../■ ••;"■ . SYDNEY, May 12. Dr Mawsoh lias wiffelessed the following; toy the..Commonwealth : "Bay ■ Adelieland.—The first humber of the 'Adelie Blizzard,', a, monthly, publication \ has just been published; < This ,ds the finst real he»'spaper employing a cable ..column publislied' in Arftarctica: It consists of .26 pages, iand; so far has a oir-; culatibn of seven copies; Tho ■ editor, Dr McLoan, sends .vgroetirigs to . oontemppraTies, and applie.s to be adimitied as ari honorary "member of tlie -Australian- 'JourriaJists' Association. -

r J'The wnreless mast, plant- is .in good! conditaon, although:'fthe. Aurora and magnetic storms in. 2ine;between;'here ! aild Macquiarrie often interfere with tlie transmission of messages. .".' t .'.[ This month there 'haY been slightly" less: wind than f<Jr : i>he cowespondirig month in 1912,. ialthough: there have-beeri:" f>ome severe .siiowfialls,. -which practically snbwed-up the hut. Anywiay; .thetre'. i.s no chatioe now v of the■■'but being blown aw^ay. ' :.. ; ■'■•■■■ '~. •

Winter has set .in. Last year the bay: was frozen, over for only a couplo qf days, but now it is frozen hard for as" sreat a distance "as "the eye can see. Shortly before the -hay was frozen there was an exodus of all- penguins and' seals.. The only.. tyrds. remain ing are •Antarctic petrels and snow-petrels. One of' the" dogs pro'sented by Oapta.;in Amundsen' met with an accident, and had to be killed.' 'It was immediate--Iy. pounced on by- others, ripped open and beaten. . .; . ... • .

AH the scientific, instruments, -are l'linning well.'.-* We are collectine:. Some valuable -data, as- the: bay .is; frozen; w*v expect ;to da some infeoresting marine work;. j.n the early .spring.: ;' . . The-..cliinato; is fine, and bracing, and all members are in the .best of health."