Iter Antarcticus
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3 Oct 20 left St Louis 5:30 PM CST Eastern Air Lines Flight 410 arrived Washington, Hotel Stalis about 9:30 Oct 21 Up at 6 AM breakfast at Pancake House checked out 6.50 AM Andrews At Base 7:30 left 7:30 AM 7 am's A F Base 5 PM left 7 PM Oct 22 Arrived Hickam A F Base 1:30 AM to transient quarters, morning market afternoon to Bishop Museum returned 5:30 PM supper to bed at 9 PM Oct 23 checked out of bachelor quarters left Hickam A F base 7.50 Canton Island 5:30-6 PM refueling, Nandi Terminal Fiji Island 10 PM left 1 AM the 25th Oct 25 Arrived Christchurch International Airport at 8.15 AM after immigration and customs met Mr Goodale and taken to Gainsborough Hotel 264 Bailey St between airport & center of town, cleaned up and called Prof WR Philipson University of Canterbury spent the afternoon at the Botany Department and evening at home of Prof Emeritus CE Fowler Jr. met Mr McDeville from New Zealand and two other older men Hosts were charming evening delightful. Returned to Hotel at 1:30 AM Oct 26 Rudolph left at 8 returned on PM. Prof Philipson called at 10 down to mention intercept