SIR H. WILKINS
HIS ANTARCTIC TASK
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(Received this dav at 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 5,
Sir Herbert Wilkins, interviewed on arrival from New York, said at present 'he was making time until September, when lie returns to the Antarctic to pick up the equipment stored on Peccjplion Island. “It must lie recognised the present work was of a preliminary character,” lie said. “ I he task set myself involves ten to I'd toen years labour. After the completion of the geographical work this year, ami making one more trip to the Antarctic I will he able to proi-eml will) my real plans. My ambition is lo eslab;j..!, twelve uh-ervalion stations.
Wilkins leaves New 'York in .September to join the Norwegian winders at Monte Video on the trip to tin southward nnd .Tie will reach headquarters in Novoin'her. It is. proposed to explore two thousand live hundred miles of coast between Gralnim|.,.,l and Ross Sen. The next flight will bring Wilkins to Byrd’s headquarters, thus joining up the work.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1929, Page 5
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