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Article re. Byrd Expedition finding Amundsen's Cairn DUNIH 1.329

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Article re. Byrd Expedition finding Amundsen's Cairn

Newspaper cutting, taken from the "Daily Chronicle" and dated Monday 30/12/1929. Article entitled, 'Amundsen relic found near the South Pole', relating to a cairn built by Amundsen's party containing paraffin, matches and an account of them reaching the pole, found 18 years later (and after Amundsen's death) by Byrd's Expedition. 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 1.329
Name: Article re. Byrd Expedition finding Amundsen's Cairn
Date: 1929-12-30
Maker: Daily Chronicle
Location: In Store