ATOM BOMB ON ICE CAP AT POLE
! Byrd Does Not Believe In Method j NEW YORK, -January 12. i Admiral Byrd, who is aboard the | carrier Philippines, en rc-ute for Ant- ! arctica, said he believed the United | States had not considered the possi- ? bility of using the atomic hornb to uncover the mineral wealth beneath the i Polar ice cap. Admiral Byrd said he did not dou-bt | that there was vast mineral wealth in : the Antarctica, but atomic bombs were very expensive, and the employment of that method to expose minerals would require several years' training. Tlie U.S. Navy has announced that a search plane has sighted the bnrned wreckage of the Martin Mariner, .which disappeared -over Antarctica. The search plane reported that at least six men were alive near the wreckage. Three are dead.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5300, 13 January 1947, Page 4
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135ATOM BOMB ON ICE CAP AT POLE Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5300, 13 January 1947, Page 4
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