HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1952 



Hawaii Visitors Bureau Photo 



HAKON MIELCHE 



Danish Scientific Ship to Stay 

 Four Days in Hawaii Waters 



A Scandinavian author .who doubles as advance man for a Danish 

 scientific expedition has reached Honolulu on an unusual voyage. 



Hakon Mielche (pronounced Milky) advises that the Danish ship, 

 Galathea, will arrive here about March 30 or 31 for a four day stay. 



It ieft Denmark 16 months ago on a scientific cruise and is due back 

 there on July 1. 



Besides preparing for the ship's 

 [arrival here, Mr. Mielche is confer- 

 ring with the Hawaii Visitors Bu- 

 Ireau about 12 articles on Hawaii 

 Ithat he is to submit, with color 

 •illustrations, to Aller Press, a pub- 

 lishing house for three magazines 

 Iwith a Scandinavian distribution 

 [of 800,000 weekly. 



SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT 



The Royal Danish marine ex- 

 pedition ship is a 240 foot, 1,600 

 ton frigate specially outfitted for 

 scientific and deep sea investiga- 

 tion. J 



It already has scoured Indian 

 Ocean areas, the East Indies, the 

 seas around Australia and now is 

 in the Tonga Islands. 



Mr. Mielche said the greatest thrill 

 of the expedition was seeing for 

 the first time off Mindanao in the 

 Philippines a six mile long hawser 

 with special instruments attached 

 bringing up specimens from 34,000 

 feet below the surface showing 

 marine life and growth existing 

 on the ocean bottom where pres- 

 sure reaches 15,000 pounds, per 

 square inch. 



CAUGHT STRANGE FISH 



In addition, the expedition has 

 recorded fish at levels 4,000 feet 

 lower than ever known before and 

 has collected 200 kinds of special 

 fish and marine life never before 

 recorded. 



"The world below us in the sea," 

 Mr. Mielche adds, "is as unknown 

 as America was before Columbus." 



MUCH PUBLICITY 



Hawaii, its scientific qualities 

 and its scenic potentials will also 

 be incorporated in the expedition 

 film, press and radio diary. 



Mr. Mielche left the Galathea at 

 New Zealand and arrived in Hono- 

 lulu Monday night. He is staying 

 at the Moana Hotel. 



