LIKES OLD METHODS
mawson for the south DUBIOUS ABOUT PLANES Times Cable. Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. "Speaking generally airplanes cannot supersede the old methods of exploration, " says Sir Douglas Mawson, "ho has not yet decided whether to employ them.
It might happen that with certain regions not worth exploration, aircraft might render long sleigh journeys unnecessary.
The Discovery is now lying at the West I ndia Dock, London. She sails in Jure.
Sir Douglas Mawson does not propose to go to Australia aboard her, but will join her later. The scientific staff for the Antarctic is likely to be 13. and the Discovery's crew 26. Hobart is the likeliest point of departure southward.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 607, 8 March 1929, Page 9
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