TEMPERATURE DROPS
REPORT FROM LITTLE AMERICA PREPARING FOR SPRING OPERATIONS |tmi Awociation —Bj Telegraph—CopyrifM MONTREAL, June 9. 'A radio message from Little America ftates that the May temperature refiords show, despite a protracted warm Spell, that the mean temperature was 9.2 deg below zero. In May, 1929, when the first Byrd expedition went touth, it was 22.6, and in May, 1911, at the time of Amundsen’s expedition, it was 31.7, The lowest temperature then was 62deg below zero, on May 11. Admiral Byrd’s records for March 25 to Mav 31 show a minimum temperature of 72.5 deg below zero at the Bolling advance weather base. Preparations for the spring programme of scientific explorations are in full swing at Little America. Although the blizzard outside has piled a vast drift over the base, inside the buildings underneath the tractors are being overhauled, dog team harness and trail gear equipment are being repaired, radio gets for trail parties are being made, and other scientific equipment is being made ready.
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Evening Star, Issue 21743, 11 June 1934, Page 9
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167TEMPERATURE DROPS Evening Star, Issue 21743, 11 June 1934, Page 9
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