AMID THE ICE
JACOB RUPPERT’S PROGRESS
THOUSANDS OF ’BERGS SEEN
(Special t 0 United Press Assn—From
Byrd Expedition.)
WELLINGTON, December 28
The Jacob Ruppert is still creeping through iceberg-strewn seas, and a high wind. This wind, which subsided this morning, revived again in the south-west.
A ghostly parade of icebergs continues, hi all the world there is iio sight like it. There is a whole fleet of them ploughing out of the gloom, with waves crashing over their white surfaces. Their fabulous shapes ana
designs defy description. Captain Gjertsen estimates that 6009 bergs have been sighted since Monday. He remarked: “In all my life 1 have never seen so many bergs at one time. No matter where we turn to escape them there are always more.”
During the brief lull in the wind today, Byrd ordered full speed ulieau eastward, in an effort to make up four days of lost time. Between their times of drilling, the men are handling emergency equipment. “A mah-of-wnr” sea anchor has been made to keep the ship’s head to windward, even if the engines should fail. The noon position to-day (Thursday) was 66.1 degrees south, 139.10 degrees west.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1933, Page 2
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