“WILL FINISH THE JOB”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 573, 28 January 1929, Page 9

“WILL FINISH THE JOB”

WILKINS LEAVING FOR NEW YORK RETURNING IN DECEMBER (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 12.24 p.m. LONDON, Sunday. . Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a message from Deception Island, says: “The snow is disappearing more rapidly than it has ever been known to before, leaving areas of dark, volcanic soil uncovered amid mountains of snow. On Monday or Tuesday, travelling on the Felrus, a boat of the trawler type, we will start for home, calling at the Falkland Islands to board the Royal Mail Packet steamer Orduna. Our route will be through the Magellan Straits, up the coast o£ South America. We should reach New York about the middle of March. Our equipment will be safely stored upon our return, and a few days’ work will put it in readiness for continuing our programme, which we hope to conclude next December. Eielson, Crossman and Porter are disappointed at being unable to make the Ross Sea flight this season. They pledge themselves to erturn to complete the job. ‘‘Victor Olsen, the wireless operator, has given very efficient service, working late into the night and rising at 4.30 in the mornings to copy news broadcast from San Francisco.”