BYRD IN ANTARCTICA.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17840, 12 October 1929, Page 7

BYRD IN ANTARCTICA.

LAND OF MIST AND CLOUDS SUDDEN DROP IN TEMPERATURE. QUEER LIGHTING EFFECTS. [By Mr. Russell Owen. Copyrighted 1028 by the New York Times Company and the St. I.ouls Post Dispatch. All rights Tor publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to the New York Times.) (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Received Oct. 12, 9.25 a.m.) BAY OF WHALES, Oet. 11. For days we have been living in a land of mist and cloud, where the outlines are vague and uncertain, and the white surface underfoot cannot be seen. One may stumble over a lump of snow or the edges of an ice ridge, or step suddenly down a decline. There are no shadows, only a diffused light which reveals nothing in detail, although dimly one may see in the distance forms of ice pushed up in great uneven ridges or neblous line of barrier cliff. During I the last two days it has been warm, bringing in moist air front the sea and lifting the temperature higher than it has been in weeks. Yesterday afternoon it was four degrees below zero, and then shifted to the south, and in a few minutes the whole canopy of cloud began to disappear. The thermometer dropped suddenly, and the air was filled with ice crystals, which pattered against one's face like rain.