| Show Hardy Souls the Word Unexplored d. d Ad Adventure yen t ure From the Maps laps of the I World Many lany Virgin Fields Beckon ckon The airplane the motor car the moor motor motor mo mo- tor or boat and other mechanical conveniences conveniences con con- of ot recent years have helped wipe out many of ot the larger blank areas reas marked unexplored on the maps of or the world Adventurous souls sighing for new worlds to conquer however will find many runny regions throughout the earth whIch can be properly termed i unexplored unexplored un explored perhaps traversed only once nee or twice in history rind a few that hat have never been surveyed or oreen seen een by civilized man says a bulletin bulletin bulle- bulle tin in from the National Geographic so so- lely clety Unquestionably the largest unexplored spot In the world today lies inthe In he the continent of ot The South pole has been reached thrice and much nuch of ot the Antarctic coast line linc has been seen from the decks of circumnavigating circumnavigating circumnavigating circum circum- navigating vessels and whalers and airplanes but of at the interior only the pie sha le ed sector leading inland from the he vicinity of ot Ross sea has been ex ex- This was the highroad of Amundson Scott and Byrd remains the greatest stronghold of nature against the curiosity of ot man mait Next largest as might be bc expected ties lies at the thc opposite end of or the earth earth- that part of the Arctic ocean between he the airship Norge's path on its flight over the North pole and the coast of Siberia It measures about miles long ong and miles wide with an area about the size of or Texas UNKNOWN GREENLAND The interior of Greenland and of or orthe the he Canadian Arctic islands to the west vest of it arc are perhaps the next largest largest largest larg larg- est unknown areas During 1931 several several sev seve eral expeditions of scientists studied Greenland the worlds world's largest island and data were obtained which indicate indicate indi indi- cate that it is a vast ice filled bowl surrounded by high mountains and that hat the Ice cap is feet thick inthe Inthe in the he center Central Greenland has been joen crossed several times and its interior has always revealed the same monotonous ice and snow fields But for the explorer seeking large unknown unknown un- un known cnown land areas within reach of civilization Greenland offers several patches larger than New England which have never been seen South America possesses four good good- sized areas which have only been skirted by white man the man the vast region region region re re- re- re gion at the headwaters of the northern north north- em ern Tn branches of the Amazon river the Chaco between Paraguay and Bolivia the Matto Matta Grosso plateau in central centra Brazil and the Patagonian ice cap in southern Chile AUSTRALIA'S OUT BACK ACK biggest blind spot the arid central regions was diminished considerably during the last year ear by byan byan byan an aerial survey party which mapped some square miles But a great deal of it it-a it a region of pink lizards salt lakes fantastic mountains and grass which grows only once in six years years years-is is still a primitive unseen Never never land which the thc Australians Aus Aus- call outback Africa Is still dark in spots Most of Africa's jungle has been penetrated at one time or another by explorers but there are arc still some areas in the Belgian Congo and in the thc Chad where the rivers must be dotted for tor lack of more exact information about their true courses The largest unknown area In Africa lies Hes in that part of the Sahara desert where Egypt Anglo- Anglo Egyptian Sudan and Italian Libya come together Other little-known little regions re reo re- re glons gions may be bc found in Rio de Oro Ore Eritrea eastern Angola and Italian Only nomadic tribes have seen very much of the Arctic coast of Siberia one of or the worlds world's coldest places Between Between Be Be- tween the main river systems of northern north north- em ern Siberia stretch vast frozen tun tun- dras unvisited by man Parts of Tibet and parts of the desert of ot Gobi have not yet been seen by white man Mount Everest remains unconquered The interior of the island of New Guinea an area of ot almost square rUes Is still largely a virgin ss Airplanes have flown over some of ot it but of ot the Jungle tribes living in the center of this great island l little is definitely known The Celebes is another island of ot mystery The largest unknown expanses in North America are In Canada anc and Labrador Much of northern Canada Is an unbroken wilderness which has only been crisscrossed here and there by trappers' trappers trails traUs and by occasional airplane flights The airplane has erased many blank spots from the map of the country in northera north north- era ern Quebec the thc peninsula between Labrador and Hudson ba bay but areas as large as Connecticut or Delaware still have not felt the tread of or white mens men's feet feeL |
