Show TO HEAD I j t ARCTIC AIR VOYAGE I I W WASHINGTON r April Naval S.-Naval 6 Naval raft Bin will attempt this summer ummer to bridge the theat vast at let expense expanse that h hu has BO so far tar shut abut out from human buman knowledge great regions of ot the Arctic where a supposed continent has long lone lured the toilsome effort of man by sledge without an answer answer an an- to his bl cu guess In an expedition h headed ded by Donald Don DonI I aid ald B. B MacMillan who is I. returning north on his hI ninth voyage of ot exploration ex exploration exploration ex- ex next nt June JUDe naval pilots will bring brine their craft to the avail of ot I ma raan mans struggle to map slap the mys- mys tori er es of ot f an area of more than 1 a million square miles between Alaska Alaska Alaska Alas Alas- ka and the north pole WILBUR APPROVES Although not a government project the plan dan lan hI his has been approved by Secretary Wilbur and indorsed by President Coolidge and also alao will have both the financial and scientific scientific scientific backing of ot tho National Geographic Geographic Geo Geo- graphic society A As thus having a private status and differing in this respect from the project abandoned last laet year for tor fora torI a polar expedition with the dirigible dirigible ble Shenandoah the tho naval pilots to accompany the expedition will be granted an extended leave leae for the purpose Of Ot these Commander R. R E E. Byrd will be one with the others of ot whom there will be at least two along with two or three mechanics still to be chosen from more than thana a score of applicants from both tho the nav navy and marine corps corps corps' Commander Commander Commander Com Com- mander Byrd will be in charge of all flight operations Two planes of ot the lot loaning loening type will willI willbe willbe be supplied having a cruising range ranee of more than 1000 miles and anda I a speed of more than 10 miles an hour HAS FULL CONFIDENCE I In charting the unknown regions as well wen a as a the many other scientific title undertakings u projected Including in including including In- In high altitude temperature and weather observations Mr 11 MacMillan Mac- Mac Millan more can be be accomplished ac ac- ac- ac with planes In two months than has haa been done In the thelast thelast last century Leaving lie Me Ie about I June 16 on a vessel already aldy chartered chartered char char- the expedition will wUl make char I I Its 8 way along the L and Greenland Greenland Greenland Green Green- land coasts up to Axel I Land at the northern point of which probably miles from I where the ship will station an at atte attempt at- at te tempt lpt J will be made to establish an advance flying base bue I From there thero the planes will venture ven- ven von 1 ture over the unknown northwest to determine whether land exists j there Such land probably could I Ibe be utilized for aircraft bases In I flight routes from Europe to Asia IJ i I o s of the ancient t i iland J f sLa Green Green- Greenland Norse ruins in La Labrador ado and Green Greenland I land recovery reco of 01 the records which Peary left lett at Cape Columbia beCo before the final dash from there to the pole and extensive e radio experiments experiments ments for tor which Eugene I F. F McDonald McDonald McDonald Mc Mc- Donald Jr president of ot the National National Na Na- a- a Association of ot Broadcasters of ot Chicago will accompany the ex expedition expedition ex- ex are among the other undertakings undertakings undertakings un un- un- un projected |