IN ANTARCTICA

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1928, Page 5

IN ANTARCTICA

PIERCING COLD WEATHER

United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

(Received this day at 8.30. a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 5.

Wilkins wirelesses from Deception Island: “Owing to high wind and piercing cold we have abandoned repairing the ’plane until better weather. Tears froze on our lashes, noses and finger tii>s.

MESSAGE FROM “CITY OF

NEW YORK.”

(Received this day at 12.25. p.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 5.

A despatch from Russell Owen, on board the City of New York, in tow of the Eleanor Bolling at noon on Wednesday, says:—“We were five hundred miles south of Tairoa Head. Gentle winds, bright sky, light clouds, in fact it is the best weather any Antarctic Expedition ever experienced in this region of fierce gales and high seas. The City of New York carries not only one aeroplane but goods and supplies sufficient lor twenty men on the ice for a year,,even if the Eleanor Bolling should not return with more materials, thus making this a self-sup-porting unit able to function scientifically in all departments, including aviation. The plan to have the Eleanor Bolling tow the City of New York to the ice has worked out excellently. In addition to giving us a fair speed during the period of head winds, it also insures for us a full supply of coal when the ico pack is reached, and the Eleanor Bolling turns back. The problem of carrying enough coal on these wooden boats lias always been serious. I t was Scott’s greatest worry during liis last trip through the ice pack.”