Show Byrd Sees A Tropic Arctic In Future Explorer Smokes Pipe And Eats Grapefruit While T Telling eUing Experiences By VYONNE GRASS Chattering monkeys and lumbering lumbering lumber lumber- ing elephants are are possible future inhabitants of the Antarctic continent continent continent con con- if the prediction of a tropical tropic tropic- al climate for the south pole which Rear Admiral Richard E E. E Byrd advances advances advances ad ad- vances is realized 2 A receding ice caps cap shows a tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency toward a warmer a er climate though of course such a change w would uld take ages of geologic time Admiral Byrd told the Chronicle in in an exclusive interview at his room in the Hotel Utah Contentedly smoking his pipe and eating his breakfast of grapefruit grapefruit grapefruit grape grape- fruit and cereal he related the re reaction reaction reaction re- re action of his men to adventures in inthe inthe iny y the Antarctic region Adventurous Knees Knock Just before the broadcasts would come in the men would become become be be- beI I I come nervous Tous and their knees would k knock ock together N None one of us realized the vast interest the people people people peo peo- here were taking in our work and it probably is a good thing we didn't or we would have been more nervous nervous Even though the public has taken taken taken tak tak- en a great interest in our adventure adventure i ture he continued I dont don't expect them to conscientiously r realize alize just what has been done You see we were supporting many d different ferent fields there and they all branched into several things Probably unconsciously unconsciously unconsciously un un- consciously the people will realize the vast area this planet covers I think it would be great to have an inter-collegiate inter activity of skiing he thoughtfully said discussing discussing discussing dis dis- cussing the skiing tournaments held in Utah for the last few years In Little America the men us use as a form of recreation Interested In Athletics The Admiral is very interested in athletics and as a scholar at Annapolis he was a member of the football team filling illing the position of quarterback He also participated participated participated in basketball track wrestling wrestling wrestling wrest wrest- ling and boxing In reply to a question concerning the organic life in the colder reg region ion he replied One of the important import import- ant things that we learned in the Antarctic is the fact that germs cannot exist there The discovery that the common cold germs cannot live in that low temperature is one oner r of the indirect contributions to medical science Admiral Byrd said that in winter the only living land forms plant forms plant i or animal animal in in the Antarctic is the penguin The seals migrate as soon as the winter begins to set in which is the summer season in the northern hemisphere Women Explorers Women will undoubtedly branch s out into the field of exploration as they have done in everything else Admiral Byrd stated There are still many unexplored areas 1 and as long as there are regions of oft t this sort man will continue to explore explore explore ex ex- ex- ex until these uncharted areas are filled in upon the map In his lecture in the L. L D D. D S. S Tabernacle Tabernacle Tabernacle Tab Tab- January 10 Admiral Byrd 1 presented to the people the actual picture of the life as it was in the theo o polar regi region n. n He presented pictures pictures pictures pic pic- pic- pic tures of the aquatic life the micro- micro cam I II Explorer 1 Cw vf v r a aRICHARD 0 BYRD I RICHARD E. E BYRD organic life the polar life and the life ife of the crew and their work in that region He claimed square miles in the name of the United States part of which he named as the Marie ul Byrd Land Landin in honor of his wife o Admiral Byrd expressed hope that the rescue ship the Discovery reaches Little America before the winter storms set in to search for the missing Lincoln Ellsworth who has been forced down somewhere somewhere some some- some some-I where in the antarctic region To To th the students of the University University University sity give my very be best t wishes and my very best regards he re re- re quested I |