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WILKINS’ DISCOVERIHS. • • --i • (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Dec.’ 2. A message from Wilkins at Deception Island on 31st. Dec. states: —“Three hundred miles of Coast line has been added to the map of the world on the last day of 1929. The first attempt to penetrate the unknown regions lying soutn of us was balked by an impenetrable wall of falling snow. After flvior two hundred miles-we came within sight of Charcot land, where we were forced to return with nothing accomplished. A Tlie second attempt to-day was af complete Success. Charcot land, was found to be an island. We flew on the westward over Hearst land and succeeded in charting the coastline for three hundred miles along the Antarctic continent. We returned safely but while lifting the aeroplane aboard’ the vessel in a sling the rope and the machine crashed into the sesV but was only slightly damaged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1930, Page 4
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