Show ADMIRAL BYRD for horizons the lure of the frozen silent spaces was calling again and adm richard evelyn byrd veteran polar explorer was harkening hark bark ening ACCORDING to 0 o reports out of new york some men inen and eight ships are earmarked for an Antar antarctic cUc expedition to be headed by byrd which will hag hav as an its objective the mapping of a vast area of unknown territory in the antarctic about as big as europe if present plans were finally approved the first ships would sail in october the expedition would establish a base in new zealand and remain in the arctic about four months of the south polar summer before returning to the united states about april 1950 1850 IT WAS understood the venture depended upon approval of secretary of defense louis johnson but planning has been underway for some time this certainly would indicate a high optimism that johnsons approval Is assured it was said sald aid naval planes would probably participate in extensive aerial mapping air sea rescue work and scouting for ice leads the goal of the expedition apparently is to be a great oblong stretch of unexplored territory across the south pole from little america site of the byrd base camp in the admirals expedition of 01 1929 A LARGE AREA part of at which is claimed by australia and norway lying south of africa urica and stretching across the snowy wastes of oi the antarctic toward australia and south america is virti wily bily uncharted and it is expected that aerial mapping will reveal many of its secrets the expedition if finally approved would be the admirals fifth to the south polar regions |