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Return of communication after brief disappearance DUNIH 1.317

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Return of communication after brief disappearance

Newspaper cutting, taken from the "Evening Standard", dated Tuesday 11/2/1930. Article titled 'News of lost explorer - Sir Hubert Wilkins sends wireless message - from Antarctic wastes', concerning the return of communication from the William after a brief disappearance. Part of a scrapbook belonging to William R. Colbeck, 2nd Officer on the "Discovery" during BANZARE 1929-1931 and son of William Colbeck, captain of the "Morning", the relief ship for the Discovery during the National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904.

Number: DUNIH 1.317
Name: Return of communication after brief disappearance
Date: 1930-02-11
Maker: Evening Standard
Location: In Store