Show explorer plans landing fields at north pole st louis mo david irwin twenty seven year old arctic explorer r and native of st louis has among his tentative plans for an expedition tion to the north pole a landing field for planes on the top of the world irwin said he got his idea from the russian ardys method of parachuting soldiers from fro in planes if soldiers can be dropped out of planes he said it should be just as easy to drop men sleds dogs and supplies at the pole and establish a plane base there planes would not be able to land at the pole immediately because of the shifting ice but a field could be cleared and maintained by the crew dropped there to allow a plane to land and pick up the members of the expedition when their explorations would be completed the dogs and sa s1 sleds As e would provide transportation trans a back b ack to other bases if the plane pla ne were unable to land irwin said |