ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
Sir Hubert Wilkins's Expedition (Received 14, 8.45 a.m.)' SYDNEY, July 13. The Canberra correspondent of the Sydney Sun, says that an expedition to the 'Australian sector of th,e Antaretic next year is planned by Sir Hubert Wilkins, with the object of obtaining data which will induce the Commonwealth Government to estab. lish, at least, two permanent stations for scientific research in the Antarctie. Sir Hubert Wilkins hopes to command an expedition by submarine to the Antarctie early next year and in Oetober he aims to leave Capetown for Enderby Land, returning to Perth in March, 1939. Great seams of coal exist in the Australian sector and the presence of minerals is likely, he says.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 151, 14 July 1937, Page 5
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