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OPTIONALLY bad weather mditions slowed the start of le big scientific expedition into itar Mountains of Netherlands Guinea. i last six of the 20 Dutch nti s t s on the expedition ied only on the fourth try to nto the Sibil Valley, spring of activities. Many tons of and materials were waiting in village of Tanah Merah, ern New Guinea, to be flown he valley. it has been raining constantly le Sibil regions the Twin er planes are unable to land. :he clearings for the two Bell pters of the expedition were nished on time, so that they t be employed as planned for ittle service between Tanah i and Sibil Valley. .nwhile, there is big inter lal interest for the expedition.

Life are sending a team to part of the expedition, while is of Dutch newspapermen, ecialists, photographers and reporters have applied for ssion to visit NNG. The e is that once you get in, it r difficult to come out of that again. mse most members of the tion were counting on Twin t flights to bring their warm ig, and because the flights to come through, the first of April were like icy winter- Big fires were lit to keep ild out. i this early it looks like the Mountains expedition will aore than the six months that planned, especially if bad sr conditions continue.

All dressed for the heat, these seven members of the 20-man scientific team that will spend the next six months (or longer) exploring the Star Mountains of Netherlands New Guinea, arrived in Hollandia in early April.

Later they went on into the Sibil Valley where conditions were icy and where they wished they hadn’t been so hasty in changing into tropical wear.