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Polar Ship
Sails for
Macauarie
The polar expedition
ship Kista Dan will reach
Macquarie Island a day or
two late with Christmas mail
and supplies for tne 14 men
at the Antarctic research
station.
The Kista Dan left Mel
bourne yesterday with a re
lief party of 14, who will
man the post for the next 12
months.
The returning men will be
back early next month.
The relief party, led by
Mr. Max Hynes, will be the
eighth group of men to be
stationed at Macquarie Is
land.
The party will erect a pre
fabricated hut as a "half
way house" between the
main camp and the aurora
observatory, 20 miles to the
south.
Disappointed
The Kista Dan left behind
at least one disappointed
man.
He Is Mr. R Thompson,
landing operations officer,
who Is in hospital with ap
pendicitis. He hopes to 6e
fit for the trip to Mawson
(Antarctic continent) next
month.
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