BYRD’S DISCOVERIES
NEW HARBOUR AND CAPE NAMED. BAY OF WHALES, Jan. 9. Byrd has named the harbour lie recently discovered as Floyd Bennett Harbour, in honour of his memory, and the Cape which marks its northern entrance as Cape John Rodgers, after the Commander who was Byrd’s friend, and one of the Navy’s first aviators, who gave his life to aviation. 'Flic Harbour lies on the western side of tlu' Bay of Whales, about a mile and n-half south of Cape West. It is nearly two miles wide, and seven miles deep. The centre forms a perfect lauding field, which will he used by the planes only in ease of emergency, as its distance from our main base “Little America” is about six miles. When naming the harbour to-day in memory of his shipmate Floyd Bennett. the Commander intimated that if lie gets into unknown regions at a later date lie will probabv give to another of the new discoveries the name of a flyer who was to have been his co-leader on the Antarctic expedition.
AA T e now have eleven dog teams' on the ice, and with the men hauling, are getting material to the base at the rate of five tons daily.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1929, Page 6
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