Show hudson straits found ice free airmen discover outlet of bay blocked by floes from north toronto ont on unexpected conditions in hudson straits the outlet of hudson bay to the atlantic and therefore of the new hudson bay railway trade with will europe ISu rupe have been dl discovered ov by a Cann canadian dlan government aerial survey party during tile alio lost last three months it has ins been claimed thul tile straits were not open for lavign tion for more titan than three months in the year some authorities placed the period tit at one month late august and earl early y september two months was generally accepted as 09 abnit tile the limit tho the most favorable estimates never placed the closing date for navigation later titan bild october yet october 13 1027 1927 in the fie strolls straits dawned fair and warm warin airmen climbed into their machines and soared out over the lonely arctic waters nobce no ice was in sight bight not only were the straits free of it but noue none could be discerned in tho the southern readies reaches of pus fox channel november chue and still there were no signs of ice tile weeks passed and lato late in No november a patrol north ward into fox fos channel returned with tile information that an all lee ice pun pull was slowly drifting southward not till tile first week in december did it rench reach tile the straits by december 10 the airman reported that a huge lee ice pan PAD blocked tile the western entrance to tho the straits ts rA retchIng from notting hum ham island to the coast of Im embrador brador straits never freeze it Is believed the straits never freeze over the current Is too fut fast however each autumn lee drifts down from fox channel into the lie western end of the straits and through the straits to the atlantic green tough arctic lee ice which the summer sun suit could not melt tut but only reduce to great irregular chunks vast fields of this ice drift into the str straits alts tho the straits limi however ever are from 60 50 to miles in width and the range of vadon als lon ot of a ninn on board ship does not exceed 12 miles hence the government has thought it possible that thero there might be open water lo in the straits the year around if a ships ca captain knew where to find it that Is a question yet to be doter determined ter mined but whether an open channel through the winter exists or not the fact was ivis established that tills this year tile tho straits were free of im until december 10 navigation in straits in 1027 1927 ans open as long as it was on oil tile the great grea t lakes inkes unless 1027 1927 proves to I 1 have ittye been an except exceptional lonal year this lila fact will revolutionize opinion respecting the possibilities of the hudson bay traffic route the aerial survey party lias has established three bates baes nt at nin island nt at the alie hudson bay end of the str straits alts at Wake hain bay midway through and at cupe burwell on lie atlantic tile the distance from nottingham island to cape burwell that ts is the length of tile straits Is 4 19 1 9 miles linked by wireless tile the expedition left sydney N S july 13 last arrived in the straits in september lind had its ba bapes es established and was ready for flying october 15 1 it la Is in almost dally communication with ottawa by low wave wireless since october 15 the straits have been under dally observation of these pilots aloft in hf their cockpits air patrols have been carried out in three directions from each base rast fast and west so that nn an area miles wide arid 1000 miles long has been flown over almost every day the greatest dangers they have reported poi arted pome front the granite cliffs wb h form the shores of the they rise hundreds of feet in fair weather they are cot danger dangerous but in a fog they are a serious us menace woe to the flyer who misjudges their vo position atlon It lon the hudson ony bay rall railway way it Is expected will be complete by 1029 1929 the hudson straits survey will remain at work until tile the spring of vint that year by which time it will have lieve complied compiled detailed information respecting conditions on hudson straits that will facilitate the new stream of navigation expected to develop quite possibly a per permanent air patrol will be maintained to reduce the hazards of this bottle neck |