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■BYRDS VESSELS LEAVE. (United Pro e . s Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received this day at 10.44 a.m.) BOSTON, September 24. Coaled and provisioned, the Bear of Oakland will leave on Monday heading the expeditions int-o Little Ajine-rica. Rear Admiral Richard Byrd announced on Saturday night that it- would be followed in a few days by the Pacific Fir, which is expected to overtake the Bear at the canal zone, where the first stop will be made before the second leg of the trip to the ships’ bnse in New Zealand. The Bear will carry a picked crew of scientists, and their equipment, and a quantity of.-food supplies. The Fir loaded the greater share 0 f the items needed fo r polar survey.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1933, Page 5
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