GRAN'S CRITICISM
DENOUNCED BY PONTING
BYRD'S ACHIEVEMENTS
LONDON, 4th De-cember
Mr. Herbert George Pouting, F.E.G.S., in a letter to the "Daily Mail," speaking for all Scott's comrades, denounces the whole tone and spirit of the remarks by Major Gran. Ho says: "They can only recoil on himself. Byrd spent two years-preparing his expedition and established a base on the great ice- barrier in December. His staff includes geologists, meteorologists, and other scientists. His main geological party is now proceeding with dog teams to examine the mountains 500 miles from the base which Gran dismisses as a phantasy. Every polar explorer knows this vast range was first discovered by Shackleton. I highly admire Byrd's and his comrades' achievement. It is a colossal task. Byrd's fine wireless tributes to Scott and the other pioneers and his words before Scott's statue at Dunedin were a most beautiful and touching tribute from, one man to the memory of another."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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155GRAN'S CRITICISM Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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