IN THE ANTARCTIC

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 29 July 1929, Page 5

IN THE ANTARCTIC

EXTREME COLD WITH WIND i , WORD FROM BYRD EXPEDITION (United Preie Association—By Elsctrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian Press Association) (Copyright from the Byrd Expedition, by Russell Own.) BAY OF WHALES, 27th July. “This has been the worst day we have had so far as the temperature and wind are concerned. Severe cold on a calm day can be withstood for a long time, but when the and the thermometer stays down? which is unusual, one cannqt stay out of doors for any length of time without danger of getting badly frostbitten. • “Th e thermometer registered 67 degrees below zero to-day, and the wind lias been about twenty miles an hour for most of the day, strong enough to. whip up a drift of- snow. The wind is also from the south-west, which is the cold quarter. “Tne puppies, who have known no other existence than this cold life, were playing about as happily as ever. They rolled and jumped about, more perhaps to keep warm, but they could still curl up in a sheltered spot "and go to sleep. Their resistance to the cold is astonishing, for they never sleep in the tunnels if they can avoid it.” (Copyrighted 1923 by “New York Times” Company and “St. Louis Post-Dis-patch.” All rights for publication reserved throughout the world.)