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Three weeks ago Explorer Wilkins took a definite step: petitioned the Navy Department for the O-12, a Wartime submarine, lying out of commission in the Navy's Philadelphia "boneyard." Last week the Navy announced that Wilkins could have the boat, but that he must make haste for it must be destroyed before July 1, 1936, under the terms of the London Naval Parley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Dive? | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

...this Gobi boneyard the party will probe a Pliocene stratum (age ended 550,000 years ago) Said Dr. Andrews: "It is June 9, 1930 just the right age where we expect to find evidence of the origin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

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