Show modern modem pioneers head for antarctic 0 hoping A to start new american colony puts Byrd ith expedition leaves in mid alid october for 11 two year stay 11 a by CLYDE PEARSON a I 1 released n leased by western newspaper union N SOME future day the D ON 1 asp air air voyager bound from york to australia may the night at americas se settlement tt lement in the antarctic h proceeding across the south pole ole next day to complete his artrip rt trip rip during his overnight visit he will chat with amerl lican colonists who spend six to seven months a year at the southern tip of the world wb bringing ringing precious ores out of labe the snow covered mountains and shipping them back home by plane and boat if this idea seems farfetched far fetched to americans it gesn to the other one rear admiral richard evelyn byrd come october and hell head out of boston on his third trip to the south pole the first such expedition to be financed by the government since the intrepid captain wilkes was given a vague commission by congress in 1838 to explore new lands f it will be the first attempt by any I 1 nation to establish a polar land claim on the basis of permanent set tl ement and it may run into a pack of trouble conflict with argentina commander byrd hopes to claim for the united states all of marie byrd land and the adjoining james eusworth ellsworth land which together include some miles he also hopes to explore and possibly claim part of the weddell sea quadrant and it is here that he will run against argentinas Argen tinas claims As shown on the map that nation maintains her right to a sector extending toward the pole from the faulkland islands the territory is also claimed by great britain inasmuch as argentinas Argen tinas friendship is highly valued the state department part ment will make every effort to respect her wishes at the same time maintaining her new policy of ou IA ole 4 NV ZEALAND EAST antarctica antarctica shaded areas the section claimed by argentina and that which admiral byrds byrd s party will explore during the next two years possibly staking staging out land claims for the united states As shown on the map V U S and argentine interests clash in part of this section right admiral byrd refusing to recognize any polar claim that has not been permanently settled briefly the new byrd expedition has a two year job leaving in three ships two of them owned by the government and the third the veteran bear of oakland leased on a dollar a year basis the party will establish three bases one will be at little america byrds old camp in marie byrd land another will be at palmer land which is the hook extending out of antarctica toward south america just west of the weddell sea the third will be midway between the two in what is unexplored territory can stay two years in early spring when the long antarctic night has passed the three parties will set out in sleds and dog teams to explore the frozen lands of the interior unknown territory will be mapped and data will be sought e N 4 concerning important mineral resources it has been established definitely that these wastelands contain coal and probably other minerals of r more ore immediate value to the united states about men will make the trip 60 of them remaining at the three camps for at least a year they will maintain sufficient food supplies for two years however because the shifting ice packs may delay the returning expedition every modern scientific weapon will be at the bartys disposal thanks to a appropriation by congress and assistance of the new united states antarctic service contributing to its personnel are the interior state war and navy departments part ments the coast guard and several private scientific organizations build snow cruiser the most novel instrument will be a pound snow cruiser being developed by dr thomas C poulter second in command of admiral byrds last antarctic expedition and a member of the new party this giant craft which will travel atop the ice ice is 55 feet long it is designed to cross snow covered arev asses the greatest peril of antarctic land travel it has 10 foot wheels equipped with treads on the caterpillar tractor principle and is driven by a brace of diesel engines the boat carries three or four men with ample supplies for several months on its roof will be strapped a small airplane many scientists are now considering the possibility of a perm permanent arient settlement whether or not such colonization is made depends upon the expeditions findings regarding the value as a future source of minerals as a fishery source and as an abs observation er post for meteorological predictions congress will then decide f from rom year to year whether the colony should be maintained predicts aviation bases admiral byrd thinks antarctic aviation possibilities are enormous just as russia and several other nations have considered a europe north america airline via the north pole mr byrd thinks the time is not far distant when planes will cross the south pole regularly flying between south or even north america and australia and so for the next two years well hear lots about the antarctic as the expeditions ships come and go and as the magic of wireless brings your newspapers constant reports of this unique land staking junket into the ice crusted wilderness theres only one catch to it an eagle eyed reporter recently discovered that congress appropriated funds to send an expedition to the antarctic without saying anything specifically about getting it back speaking privately several members of the party thought this would be a good idea in case war envelops the civilized world during the next two years but admiral byrd says no one need worry the expedition is coming back if it has to walk over the ice like eliza |