Show Weather eather Man of Byrd Expedition to to Renew Rene Attack On South Polar Secrets Secret i SOUTH WASHINGTON Va Sept 20 0 SS SS-At SS At the little wooden office of f the airport weather station here a veteran w weather ather man of the first Byrd Antarctic expedition is making ready to join the admiral again for lor a are renewed re re- ewo t attack on south polar weather secrets While he ho talks to aviators of such sucha tam taint a me m- m matters as ordinary United States tales weather William Willlam C. C Haines is lookin looking ahead to S September r 25 I when he ho sails from Boston on Admiral Ad miral Byrds Byrd's ship to study the icy weather of the worlds world's cold cold- est cst st continent The whole Antarctic as big as the United States and Mexico put er cr r turns out just one commodity that the he world takes and uses That is weather South America and lands farther arther from the south pole get some of f their waves of chill drouth heat and nd rain from the busy south polar weather veather factory But the rules of pro pro- and distribution that run the factory are almost almo t unknown To investigate to get at some of the reasons this is the task confronting Mr Haines and the other meteorological cal staff stall member of the expedition George Grimminger It is ic Mr Grim Grim- mingers minger's first venture into the Ant Ant- arctic Both men arc are from rom the U. U S. S weather bureau It is expected that the base for ob ob- may be established in the Interior at an advanced position per per- haps not far tar distant from Irom the pole Some ome of the weather records noted by Mr Haines on his previous year In the Antarctic may be far fat eclipsed his coldest weather record was 72 de grees below belov zero and the warmest da day was just 3 degrees decrees above In rn a midwinter blizzard in July h hiS I Instruments recorded a drop to 58 53 b be low zero and just when the cold wa was most macut Intense the wind blew 43 miles mile in m hour And that Mr Haines thinks nay be a record for blizzards blizzard any where We expect to lay stress this year on m upper air observations Mr said in an exclusive interview with Science Service We can generalize gen more accurately about th the wind direction and velocity find it t hl high h in the air At ground level weather records are arc more complicated by influences of local geog raphy Winds are arc especially Important Inthe in inthe inthe the Antarctic weather Mr Haines explained for winds even more than icebergs are carriers carders of cold there Swiftly changing temperatures and changes in air density raise the wind and the wind carries cold across the Icy cy continent and out toward warner warmer latitudes Instruments packed for the expeditions lions Jon's use will include standard equip equip- ment furnished by the U. U S. S weather bureau bureau for measuring temperature barometric pressure wind direction and velocity and humidity The clocks have to be adjusted for low temp ra- ra ture but not riot much trouble is expect expect- expected ed in handling equipment On the previous previous pre pie expedition the nonfreezing ink In the Dens of sel self recording r in irL elm hll ments mc tS froze foze at 60 60 below below- zero z ro But alcohol alec alco k hol and glycerin fixed that said Mr Haines calmly The possibility of ot establishing permanent per per- manent weather stations in the Antarctic Ant arctic to keep the world informed and warned of ot weather brewing there seems very remote these days Mr Haines believes So expensive is such sucha sucia a a. proposition that it can only be carried carried car car- ried ned out if leading lead ng countries of ot the world cooperate in the financing Meanwhile the data that will vill be needed arc are being gathered by the weather explorers and it is hoped that even without Antarctic weather bureaus the world may profit by greater knowledge of Antarctic weather |