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Article re. Byrd Expedition's attempts to overcome icepack DUNIH 1.303

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Article re. Byrd Expedition's attempts to overcome icepack

Newspaper cutting, taken from the "Daily Chronicle" and dated Saturday 25/1/1930. Article entitled, 'U.S. Navy A.........- heaviest ice pack in Antarctic history', relating to the Byrd Expedition attempts to overcome the latest icepack. 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 1.303
Name: Article re. Byrd Expedition's attempts to overcome icepack
Date: 1930-01-25
Maker: Daily Chronicle
Location: In Store