BRIGHTER PROSPECTS
THE EYED EXPEDITION
SUCCESS OF TRACTORS
United Press Association—By Electric Teleerapb—Copyright. ." MONTBEAL, March 23. Admiral Byrd has wirelessed from Little America stating that the fortunes of the expedition have brightened handsomely. ( The two- grounded aeroplanes have returned safely to camp. The two leading machines of the tractors transporting supplies for the advanced base successfully pushed 100 miles south of the camp to deposit supplies there and to continue south over the Boss Barrier for the establishment of a winter outpost. This is the first mass mechanised surface advance in the history of polar exploration. Four tractors were to be used, only one has temporarily broken down. Despite blinding gales the tempera^ ture is 40 degrees below zero.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 71, 24 March 1934, Page 13
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119BRIGHTER PROSPECTS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 71, 24 March 1934, Page 13
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