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Sep. 09, 1957 - Exhibition Of Antarctic Expedition Clothing And Equipment In London: An exhibition is being held in London of the clothing - equipment - food etc. to be take by the Medical Research Council Expedition to the Antarctic in December. The expedition is to join Sir Edmund Hil-ary's party in Bailey Island, in the McMurdo Sound. Photo shows A complete set of knitted wire underclothes - which weigh 3 lbs. and which were knitted by hand by the wife of Major J.M. Adam a member of the expedition- on show today. The underclothes are for the measurement of mean skin temperature. In emergency they can be heated from a small battery or portable generator

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