ANTARCTIC RESEARCH.
ROYAL SHIP RETURNS.
STUDY OF WHALES’ HABITS. (Omclal Wireless.) ' RUGBY, June 5. The British Royal research shijl Discovery 11., now lies in St. Katherine Dock, London, after 20 months of oceanographical research in the Antarctic. The main purpose of the voyage was to study the habits and distribution of 'whales and a report has been prepared for the Colonial Office ■on the subject. The teeming marine life of the Antarctic was studied, and records wero taken of sea depths. The greatest depth recorded was 7000 metres, near South Sandwich Island.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19596, 7 June 1935, Page 5
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