ARCTIC EXPEDITION
SIR HUBERT WILKINS’ INTENTIONS. •f. v. '■ [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyr’ght. ]
(Received this day at 10.30 n.m ) ; '■ LONDON, July 16.
Interviewed Sir, Hubert Wilkins said- he was leaving New York in May and the actudl expedition begins at,.'.Spitsbergen,,for Alaska. 'Jlie object is purely geophysical and will show the world ; the possibility of reaching the Pole - by diving beneatn the ice. He will be able to stay under for, a maximum.of two and a half days. ,He lias arranged, to broadcast progress whilst on the surface. ‘•ydhy; does not Australia help me. It is remarkable that, an Australian is heading the expedition without a single penny from his own country/'
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1930, Page 5
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