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Show ' y is ,? f4-L Unexplored. orx. dHACKJWJV J Vj&Z - I i t sf KWHhelmnLfr W VN V ) S EGI0N WHF.RE-BYRB VT rt 1 I I U -"' - nXrrT W ) I - ' TASMAfMA yf A E 7t Q-V'1 fl y - ml v ' chrisi-MivvA V i - &!wWfK Wyy U I CT Jtn I:. 7 W 1 VVHIUU f 3y ELMO SCOTT VATSCN yAmiMAXBm Kichard E.Dyrd lias announced that he will :: -1 try to add to bis laurels as ;' f'i an exjilorer. gained by be--'. -t' iiig the first to fly to the V. - - North pole ;:nd iwuong the SiJ.''"'- lir.-t to make a nonstop ' liight across t'ne Allantie. V v v by flying over the Sou'h pole witliin the n?-xt two years. Not tlie lea.st of the interest in this latest project of the gallant Virginian is its sigiiilicnnce as a connecting link between be-tween 'Ant arc' ic and Arctic exploration. explora-tion. The fir.-t man to reach itr; Sor,:;i pn; was I'.o. iil Aurnnl-'ui. the Noi'-.v(-gian exi!orer, who achieved the go ! in J011. Last year Mr. s :: was, in t!:e party v.'IiMi llf-v a i !:::;;,! to (!,. North polo soon alter (o:;ii..;.r.der I'vi'd had t.,:al - his e; da li there by airplane. Xow Com-t; Com-t; .;;.;!-! i'.yrd is. going inlo the regions Vc'TO .u:'i'.!! -' a v.'nu his fain" soft of n-, .-.yu.g ihe visit, as it were. I'.gt ''iciunander I'.yrd'.s project is to be i.aore ti.an just a dash to the fa-.: U pole 'o liiat he can ?ay tliat be he; flown "lo to ill termost ends r,f the- eaitli,'' both North arid SouMi. It is to h- a seieniifie exj ,e'j; I ion v i,;eii is expet-led to open an unknown un-known continent, twice the siz" of the t'liiifd States, to the knowledge of mankind. The two explorers. Am !!! :"ti and Scot t, who did r"aeh the I'ole found only a lifeless jilain Ihei-e. Several oilier explorers- have 'hirlc,- along the edge of I ho great, let, fields which surround the Ant-ureilc Ant-ureilc continent and one or two of tlaui bare penetratid il. for some dis-ience, dis-ience, only to lo-e their Fliips or to ne frf,-(-n in for an Antarelie winter. So that today thi.-t. great plateau, v.-hlr h has- an allitml'i of IO.OH'1 f'"d. is tic modern "unknown continent," and l,v ero-.-ing it from coast to const In I wo ill ions, by visiting its cendT . ...I i:s four corner:-'. Couim:u:dor ll.vrd f ' s to discover some of its sorrels. II p: i-iall.v dm- he hope to reveal :' f. "t that ther is on (his con-t':a con-t':a at forms or animal and plant lire ! ;l i i to unl.iiown lo man, and if I." i-t . uee- : r 1 1 It l!) IH-ly that lb.- ' r .' i i n . so wi ll known to all ex-i ex-i ,.( in thi- region, will mi longer !.'. .Mcl.ol Of llie Alll.ll'elie, ji.;f. : I l:e polar hear i.; I he symbol of I he Ai-ie. " fool certain that som"-, som"-, i in ! hat t:i I area I here are wide of lowland wIcto exlremo OOOCOXXXXXXXXXXJOCOOOOOCOT The Antarctic Record 2 Miles from Q Q Year Explorer role Q 8 1773 Cook, British 1318 Q 1S21 Bellinghausen, Rus- Q O sian 1408 O W 1S23 rorrr-ll. Amorican . . 1 3 sr) U O 1823 Weddell. British U02 X 8 1831 Biscoe, British HSG Q 1S! Knox. American '. ...1-H O Q istn D'trville. French ..lfit'" Q X 1 s 4 2 It'.ss. B.ritish H X O 17! Xar-s. British 1033 Q O '8'.S Oerfacha. Hi-l-'inn ..1S28 Q Q if, no Borrhf-'revitik. Brit- Q 8 I"" 8 g ioo2 P'oit. Bri'ih r,m W T.03 nrytral.'kl. iertaan . . t '.? t 8 Q It'll Brie..., Britisil 1118 O X i:or. r",-n-cot. I'.'onli ....1.".."..". X y l',iCi Shaeklr-ton, British . Ill Q O It'll Amnniln, X'.rv.c- O O crian Pole O S lTM? P. ott. Brilish Bote O I g l"tr, Sfi.-ief;,.ii..n. 1 :ci i i: h . . f!T X O B'2? T:yr'l. Arrr ri'-nn . . . . ? I ? X GCOCOCGCOCCOOOOOCOOCOOOOOO low teinpei-at ures do not exist, and believe be-lieve that if we are sin-ce--fill in finding find-ing such an ana v.e will find a completely com-pletely ie-w form of animal life." said Commander Byrd recent iy. "So far the discovery of animal life in tine Antarctic lias bei n confined lo birds, fi-li, s..a!s and a few species of micro-S'-opie organisms. Inland, where the great plateaus stretch out to the pole, tin-re i-i nothing. The temperature, which even in summer gels down to fill or 4H degrees below zero and which sinks far below that in winter, Is loo extreme for animal life of any sort. Localise of the extreme temperatures tempera-tures which Commander J'.yrd mentions, men-tions, as well as several other factors ciiaraclerislic of that region, Antarctic Ant-arctic exploration Is even more perilous per-ilous than Arctic. Among these oilier factors are the blizzards of high velocity which sweep down from Hie plateau and these winds, laden with snow and fine particles of ice, often reach a speed of 71) miles an hour. It was in one of these blizzards that I he gallant. Capt. Robert Scott lost his life In that tragic retreat from the South pole in I!ll2 when he peiisheil only eleven miles from his base nnd safely. The Antarctic has special perils for the aviator explorer hecaiiie the wind conditions there are further complicated by numerous moiinlalu ranges and lolly peaks, some of them as high as lo.iinn feel, and two of tlieui aclive volcanoes. In view of llii' perilous iialure of lliis expedition, Commander Lyrd Is Inking unusual precautions and milking milk-ing the line;! careful prepa rn I Ioiim Ikv I'ore selling out. II was lirsl. iin-iiouneed iin-iiouneed thai be would start, this fall, hut a laler jiiiiiouneeuieiit Indicates thai the size of the expedition and Hie many things that must he accomplished accom-plished have made this impossible. Commander I'.yrd has decided that no less than n year of forethought and attention to minute detail will be necessary nec-essary to reduce the hazards of the trip. The general plan Is to sail first to New Zealand and from there to strike out for the h-e pack on the bonier of Loss sea. After penetrating this lee harrier he will set up his permanent base near Iiiscovery harbor, where he will build his houses, assemble his plane and make a number of test Mights. Two planes will he taken, one large throe-motor rhip, capable of lifling 1 I, fill! I pounds and the other a small single-motor plane. ( 'oiiimandcr Bynl w ill load I In smaller plane with six months' supplies of food and span cans of oil and gasoline and lly 100 miles toward the South pole. If he finds conditions favorable lie will land, set up a lane, take observation and return to the home ha e for a second sec-ond load. Then l,y a series of short flights he will set down a line of emergency emer-gency bases lo within IDD or .".on miles of the pole, from Hie last of these he will make the long lludit to his goal, land If possible, and then return. If the trip to the pole is successful and winter ha.s not elo-ed in. I'.yrd will also make flights lo the southeast ami soul hw est somewhere at the foot of the gn at plateau. 1 lo w ill also skirt the coaslline, Hying over thousands and thousands of .sipiare miles never before seen by man. If all of bis plans are successful, for Hie first time In history, the great Antarctic continent will at last be cliarleil and mapped. Allhoiigh the exploring will be done mainly by the two planes, II. Is inler-osling inler-osling lo note that eipiipment similar sim-ilar lo that of previous explorers will also he laken along. Hi his polar liight Commander I'.yrd will carry n sled, pi'iniulcaii to last many months, sleeping hags, oil burners, skiis and snow-shoes, so that, if he is forced to land nnd abandon the plane hi' will he able lo trek hack over the plateau lo Hie home base. K is for Ibis rea-f.on rea-f.on also lhat the food supplies will be planted along the route fo the pole. And these are only n few of Hie Innumerable In-numerable details which must he Hioughl of before Hie expedition sets out. In this polar expedition, perhaps the most I uipoil alii of modern times, the margin belween success and failure fail-ure will he very small. Nothing will be left, lo chance and If adeiiuile preparnlioM for every possible con-lingoncy con-lingoncy eoiinls for anything the ev-peilllion ev-peilllion .should .he successful and Commander I'.ynl, the Mist In reach the North pole by air, tvill also be Hie lirsl lo carry Hie Slurs and Stripes lo the oile r end of the earlli. |