DAMAGED IN ICE

Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1930, Page 5

DAMAGED IN ICE

WHALE-CHASER AT PORT - CHALMERS.

DUNEDTN, Oct; 28. Leaving the blizzards and icebergs behind her, the Norwegian whalechaser Kos II made a dash from the Antarctic last week for- Pott Chalmers. After a four days run at twelve knots she reached Port Chalmers to-day. On arrival she went into dry dock to have a spare shaft and propeller fitted in place of the one which had been damaged in the ice. Kos II is one of the chasers associated with the huge storeship Kosmos, which left Wellington last month for the Antarctic. Since her visit to the south the vessel has experienced such had wpfther in the..;,, fjupn .of storms and show that /'.tKb!2fe&|ieriinent; of sending a winder to The-- Antarc-tic so early ip ,the season is .lipt likely to he repeated - Whales wei:e not plentiful and the bad weather handicapped the whaling; operations. So., (far the Kosmos has secured 8001)i barrels of oil. She is, mow operating ,in . the vicinity or the entrance to the Ross,Sea in order to make her , yyay through . as, soolf al? Breaks. There has been no sickness oi: accidents experienced. Tile r ' wireless equipment on the chaser is very efficient. On Monday Captain Rove spoke to the captain of the Kosmos irking the wireless telephone. The captain of the Kosmos could be heard distinctly on the ’phone in the ca.biiv.of the whaler. The two vessels,.were 810 miles apart. here, to-. day"foruie'Antarctic."'