FLIGHT ACROSS POLE PLANNED
Received (Sunday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, Feb. 8'. Three thin skinned ships, the Mount Olympus, Yancey and Alerriek, sailed north from Little America aud will act as weather stations outside the formidable lioss Sea ice pack. Rear Admiral Byrd and 197 meu are left behind in Tent Town. Before Admiral Byrd evacuates tlie base about March 1, a ftight across the (South Poie region to explore the unknown stretch between Ross and Weddell Seas, will be undertaken. Oue of the six survivors of the flving boat which erashed on December 30 had lioth legs amputated below the knee in an operatkm aboard the carrier Ph'illipine Sea.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 February 1947, Page 5
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