BYRD'S EXPEDITION
BYRD’S JOURNEY. IN TUB ICE-PACK. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 8 a.in.) VANCOUVER, December 21. Aboard the bar<|iie City of New York, Thursday. For two days there was little progress through the pack, owing to thick ice. Snow storms at times made it impossible to see the leads ahead. A heavy wind last night with the barometer down to 28. n(). Sheltered as we were it nearly stopped us lor a time and we lay snugly in a small pond surrounded by ice. V Our sights to-day indicated that in ’the last two days when it was difficult to get observations, that we may have worked ‘farther to the east than we desired. Coal has been shifted from the deck below during the day. Now we have only a few tons left in bags. These also go below in a few days. It is a great comfort to know that we have such a good supply ol coal. We have been much amused by the penguins, which come to the edge ol the ice to watch us. We also passed many seals and then a killer whale came alongside and disappeared under a floe. The abundance of life in these icefields is remarkable.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1928, Page 5
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