ELLSWORTH TO FLY OVER ANTARCTIC
Telegraph— Press Assn.-
Unknown Area T© Be Explored EXPEDITION IN 1938
(By
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(iceceived ay, z.u p.m.j NEW YORK, April 26. A North American Newspaper Aliiance copyright message says: Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, in November of next year, will xnake a flight to Enderby Land and the Bay of Whales, covering
2500 miles of unknown area ostensibly rich in geographic, geologic and economie surprises. The Wyatt Earp will be ro-outfitted at Norway and will load a now aeroplane on arrival at the United States., Mr. Ellsworth, who is joining his ship at Capetown, said the area conceined was claimed for Australia by virtue of coastal discovories. Asked whether it was worth risking his life on ^cploration, Mr. Ellsworth explained that exploration was his c.areer, but "the Antarctic is land, and land, wherever it is, is valuable. Who san say the day will not refturn when the Antarctica will again become tropical and a continent emerge which will be the hope of the world."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 85, 27 April 1937, Page 5
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