| Show Uncle Sam Decides To Fly Over North Pole Next Summer I He Will Use Either His Huge Dirigible With II Helium Gas Or anes WIth I WASHINGTON w WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec An 4 4 An exhaustive study of the I records of various arctic expeditions and other scientific data is to be started shortly by a special bo board rd lof of naval officers appointed to workout work out a detailed plan for a flight next summer to the North Pole o e e exploration o cr unknown Unknown un- un unknown known regions adjacent to the tho pole Is to bo be b u nde taken and ond President Coolidge In a 1 letter elv Ing formal approval to the pro pro- proposal proposal pro proposal expressed the th opinion that I the expedition will III be of practIcal alue No additional ap- ap ap appropriation from front S 'S It Is thought w will lii III be needed to carl earr carri out the plan The Th t t Is the out out out- outgrowth out growth of a suggestion made to secretary Denby some som months month ago by Robert A Bartlett who ho with Rear Admiral Peary on the successful ful polar expedition In the teamer Roosevelt In 1908 n OR PI I The board boord will determine whether hether the th trip is I to be made malle In inthe Inthe the tho big ble navy e Shenandoah n or In equipped with and outline nil all other 1 for the flight which I is c expected to pros pro Ide incidentally k en competition tion for the tho Amundsen expeditions s a second attempt to fly 0 oser o er the tho pole about the tho Santo same inic time Thia i pr Ve lr will bo ho friend friend- li I In view of ot the as assignment 1 by the of Lieutenant Ralph nfl hon Dat Ison to pilot on onu of Captain Amundsen's planes I Admiral W V A Moffett chief o 0 naval aeronautics ha has urd fo many months toe tile tn practicability or of pOlar c by air and h ha I repeatedly ci pre e rc s d the opinion that the Shenandoah Sh could nakO the s trip I T BUILD MAST AST I IMan Mans Man considerations ho boy hov t r er cr crar are Involved in a 0 decision t tv to the big bit It would be necessary sary to erect at some orie jump off orr point In the th far north nor a mast for tor the sImilar to that recently built near her p pM ima mis- mis font nent station at Lakehurst N J to assure the safety ot of t the sel during her Ier preparation for tor the are arc arctic tic nrc-tic tie tic flight Tho The 1 ol effect or of orlow low temperature on the helium bellum gas s with which the tir I is Inflated also must mint bo be b definitely though so o far ar as 8 a no now knoll known n the tho gas ra would not be bp ma altered if It subjected to the polar polor conditions The Tho Th expedition will be b furnished with Ith every very possible assistance c by means of thol n natal na 01 equip equip- equipment meat ment Including station ships ship Jolt I 01 craft ind and hIgh hish powes el allo stations float float or hor |
