A PUZZLE SOLVED
WILKINS MAKES FLIGHT MYSTERY LAND OF ICE (Australian and N.Z. Press Association J (United Service) Reed. 9 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a copyright message from Deception Island, states that Graham Land is separated from the great Polar continent by an icefilled channel. “A question which has puzzled geographers for ages was solved to-day by a flight in a monoplane beyond the volcanic mountains in Graham Land, enabling us to see 650 miles south over the Antarctic Continent. We proved conclusively that the range does not extend uninterruptedly. “It has previously been the belief of science that the mountains in Graham Land extended toward the Pole, and perhaps beyond. We disproved that to-day. We also gained an important sight of the geographical formation of this little-known land of ice.
“A runway of half a mile had to be cleared through the snow, and the take-off was very difficult.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 543, 21 December 1928, Page 9
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153A PUZZLE SOLVED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 543, 21 December 1928, Page 9
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