JACOB RUPPERT
ICE ENCOUNTERED
BYRD’S SHIP PRESSING ON.
(Special to United Press Assn). (Received- this -day at 8.05 a.ni.) fho Byrd expedition is pressing, without effort, and at half speed, through; extensive ice fields, and the Ruppert, -at 4 p.m, on Thursday, was approximately 136 mi!<i s south of Captain Cook’s 1 furthest ‘south longitude, the 150 meridian.
On the horizon, th e sky’ s darker aspect promises, open water to the southward: . . - -t v.:
Admiral Byrd instructed Gwertsen ~
to ‘-steer along the 150 meridian .until the ice stops yoh:” The •' Riippert will hold this course until a 'cemented pack or harrier bars the way. Traditionally, thi s approach to Antarctica is invested with the stormiest waters end perhaps,the most impenetrable pack, but has this seasen retreated far below- th o chartered northern limits.
Tlio Ruppert encountered (the first pack' ice at ten o’clock thi s morning.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1933, Page 5
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