SIR H. WILKINS
WILKINS’ HAZARDS. [United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 24. A message from Lowell, in Massachusetts, states that Commander MacMillan, who said that lie expects soon to entertain Sir H. Wilkins at his home at Cape. Cod, itermod the contemplated Nantilius expedition as the most hazardous task ever attempted by the Arctic explorer. He characterises the trip as virtually impossible, and said that lie felt the submarine could reach the Pole only by chance, the difficulty being duo to the lack of navigation points while submerged, He expressed the belief that ithe vessel, if caught In the Re. would have no chance of escape.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19310326.2.30
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1931, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
109SIR H. WILKINS Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1931, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in