Byrd Adventurers Wait at the Ice-Pack
"FINGERS CROSSED” CALM WEATHER WANTED Reed. 10.20 a.m. VANCOUVER, Friday A message from Commander R. E. Byrd’s ship, the City of New York. si "We are lying outside the ice-pack, waiting for it to open. As far as we can see, to east and west, the pack extends in an unbroken line. “Whalers to the south report that the" pack is very thick this year. It would be useless going in where we might be caught and held indefinitely. “Our plan is to wait until the ice opens sufficiently, so that the trip may be made along tlie lSOtli meridian line. “We are now much further down than usual, and well inside the Antarctic circle, 300 miles further south than Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins. During the last two days the weather has been cold and clear. The ship is lying in a small bay. "The Eleanor Boling departed on Tuesday after tramsferi-ing 87 tons of coal. Many bags are piled on the deck. As a result the ship is like a barge and would be heavy in a seaway. We all have our fingers crossed, praying for continued calm until we get into the pack.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 538, 15 December 1928, Page 9
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