IN ANTARCTICA.
BYRD EXPEDITION. BEAR 0? OAKLAND’S . PLANS. MONTREAL, Dec. 19. A wireless message from the Byrd Antarctic expedition’s ship Bear of Oakland, now on the way to Little - America, says: We have taken in full bunkers of coal and are now setting up the rigging taut in preparation for violent Antarctic gales, and taking on board tons of supplies destined for Little America, and provisions for the long voyage,
Upon our arrival at the Bay of Whales we shall dredge the bottom for biologic and geologic specimens, and hope to throw light on the puzzling phenomenon of this permanent bay In a moving structure which elsewher'' crumbles and varies its position.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19456, 21 December 1934, Page 8
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