STRUGGLE THROUGH ICE
CITY OF NEW YORK RETURNING CONTACT WITH WHALERS CITY OF NEW YORK, Tuesday. The City of New York is at latitude 70, longitude 178. Last evening we began to encounter scattered pack ice, much before it had been expected, ami all night the ship was running before a favourable wind, dodging in and out between broken floes and large pieces of pack ice. This morning a strong wind from the south-east is driving us north, through heavy masses of ice, around which the ship works its way easily, although occasionally she brings up against one with a force that would smash an unprotected steel ship. We expect that on Thursday v e shall encounter the whalers on the northern edge of the ice pack, and if possible we shall transfer the dogs to one of the bigger ships to get them good quarters in case of storms. We hope the whalers may at some time enter the Bay of Whales and bring out our two airplanes, which could not be taken aboard the City of New York. As I finish writing the pack is getting heavier, and the ship is moving slower between heavier cakes. It is also much colder.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 907, 26 February 1930, Page 9
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