Show 1 i I BRiTISH WILL USE i AIRPLANE IN NEW I 1 POLAR EXPEDITION Great teat Ice Barrier in Antarctic tic Will ill Be Crossed b by Y I Flight R By Iy International sews w. w S London April 7 For For tho first time In history actor according ng to announcement mado hero y b by John I L. L Cope 1 I R. R G. G S. S an an aeroplane will bo used in an attempted flight night to tho South Pole role Copo Cope will sail from London In Juno on the Terra Nova No as head of or tho British Imperial Antarctic e ton and will spend five years In the tho Antarctic stu studying conditions The c Is purely scientific Tho f light flight be bo made mado Cope announced an nn- about Christmas day dy tills this year land will be bo accomplished In n two VO stages stases The rhe aeroplane carrying men a 1 sled sledge e. e provisions tent and all ment to enable the tho airmen to walk back to their In event of any accident during tho the journey will start tart from tho the Great Ice Ico Barrier In InThe Ini inthe i The Bay of ot Whales hales and fly to the foot of oC the great Ice lee mountains there thero arc rC pc peaks ks which rise riso to more mora than 11 1000 OO feet There Thero all surplus stores and petrol will be bo landed so as ns to lighten tho machine for the flight over o the mountain range 1 Not Hot In Stunt Stout Class CIus being beIng be be- Tills flight Cope Copo said Js ls not ing mG made merely as 15 a 1 stunt If it I may 3 mayuse use se that wor word It Is Intended ed to take tako holographs from the air durIn during the tho whole hole bole Journey and to chart the In in- in After Atter tho the flight to the tho South Pole Polo has lias been accomplished Cope said the aeroplane will bo be taken back to the hip bip and md at Wellington on New r-ew Zealand be overhauled o Tho The ship will bring bringe the e plane back bade to the Ice Ico In the fol- fol C summer season and during durin the next next t four f seasons seasons It will be e used whenever when when- e ever fer er possible to make malie flights over 01 the continent l By B- using an aeroplane Copo Cope Is con- con w. w that tho the scientists accompanying the tho party will 11 be e able ablo to accomplish in one season on as much work ork as lS could i be accomplished in four seasons by bythe the he methods hitherto adopted During the time tho time Terra Nova XO ova Is circumnavigating the thc Antarctic the aeroplane 2 will be bo in uso use flying from tHe Ico Ito to lands hitherto unexplored and arid uncharted To Winter Int r On Ic lee Ice sorrier Harrier r For the first time In history Cope Announced mounted three scientists will pass passa passa a a winter on the Great Ice Barrier stud studying ing the meteorological conditions and observation stations will be bo established as man many different parts of ot tho the I Ic tl c Geology also alga will be he an Important feature of or the time expedition I It Is Intended in to investigate ate the re- re i of the Western mountain a I hU huge G range ran which Is of the same geo- geo 1 eg leal structure rc and period as the tho I Andes of or South America where valuable valuable val val- vali i mineral deposits exist Rubles Rubies cc copper per coal man manganese an sc granite and marble have been found in the Western Western West West- ern rn mountains and In hi the bed of or the cdean gold old also has been discovered ered Po Prospecting can be done don Cope Copo asserts In the and when claims are arc established work under underground can b be carried out all aU th the year round round- but but of or course shipments could only be made mcdo during tho the brief summer season In Ex Expedition c Aviation A will he Is convinced play i a Important part in the tho development de of the tho Antarctic for its use will greatly great great- ly increase tho the period during which shipments of or cargoes can bo be made Mr Copo Cope added that among tho the officers of officers ot- ot and men who t are arc to accompany him on tho the expedition are lre many who served on previous e expeditions Including including In ing Ernest Joyce who was with Captain Cap Capi i tain tamn Scott and the two to ex- ex exI I I pe Joyce will be bo second In I command of at the tho British Imperial Antarctic Antarctic Ant Ant- AntI I arctic expedition 1 j I 1 I |