BYRD’S EXPEDITION

Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1929, Page 5

BYRD’S EXPEDITION

“ By Russell Owen, copyrighted, 1929 by New York Times Company and St. Louis Post Dispatch. All rights for publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to the ‘New York Times.’ ” ON EASTER SUNDAY. (Received this day at 8.30. a.m.) BAY OF WHALES, .March 31. This being Easter Sunday there is no work. The camp is getting into such good shape that a day oil’ weekly will be possible, whether or not there are blizzards outdoors, which make work impossible. Everyone is reading or fixing their personal effects. It is twenty-eight below zero, so strolls on the Barrier are not part of the Sunday programme. There is noEaster parade here and if there were, it is unlikely the fashions would prove popular at home. There is one fashion which would certainly he frowned upon. Many of us have cut off our Inir and shaved our heads. Ihe idea is to see if it will prevent those bald spots which are threatening our appearance, although some are doing it just for fun. The result is amusing, for some have luxurious whiskers of all colours and designs, and the contrast with shaven polls makes an ensemble which one’s nearest relative would not recognise. It is warm enough wdiile around the ibase but it would not be welcomed if any flying or trail work were going on. At nitflit one sees a group of youthful but bald men holding a hook with one hand and meditatively rubbing their crowns with the other like venerable members of a sedate club'. At least it feels' good and moreover there is no one down here to care what we look like.