Well-Equipped Expedition For Polar Research
Received Sunday 7.15 p.m. LONDON, Nov, 20. The British-Swedish-Norwegian ex pedition which leaves London on Tuesday for three years' work in the Ant arctic, is claimed to be the most per fectly equipped ymlar expedition ever to sail, says the Sunday Times. The con verted Norwegian Selaer Norpel will carry the expedition. The equipment ineludes four tons of throat pastilles to encourage singing and a substitute lor smoking which is considered 4angerou§, vhisky and schnapps for a nip per mffn on Saturds^s and games including cards, chess and' table tennis.' Thgre ia no gyamophone becanse worn reep.rds fray nerves and the slightest quarVei might become serious. Eaeh of the thred. nations )ias its own bath tub, typewriter and adding machino to pre--vent frietion. The expedition is not concerned with politics or search for metals but wiJ! test the couditiops of glaciers 460ft below the surface. The expedition has two aircraft, caterpijjar trucks, radar and wireless receivqr and transmitter,
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 November 1949, Page 10
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