Impossible Tasks
UCH has been heard lately about the vast Antarctic continent and its importance in that mythical future known optimistically as the post-war world. When a radio speaker has actually visited these icy wastes with one of the expeditions of Admiral Byrd, his opinions must be listened to with a deal of respect, and Bryan O’Brien from 4YA certainly had definite opinions on the subject "Can Mines be. Worked in the Antarctic?" In brief, his talk amounted to a gigantic negative. The colossal difficulties of getting men and equipment down there in the first place, the brevity of the season during which work would be possible, the physical and psychological handicaps of life in the Antarctic, the natural inimical hazards of ice, snow, and blizzard-all were dealt with in detail, and the imagination of the listener boggled at the impossibility of the task, It would be interesting if the same speaker would continue with these talks, dealing more fully with the
strategic, meteorological and scientific possibilities of the region, subjects which he had, perforce, to treat in this talk with scant mention.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 408, 18 April 1947, Page 9
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183Impossible Tasks New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 408, 18 April 1947, Page 9
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