FOR ANTARCTICA
BYRD S PLAN
SOME PARTICULARS.'
(United Press-. Association—By /Electrio Telegraph— Copyright.) •
(Received this, day .'at* 10.30 a.'m ) NE% YofeK, . August 25. During a brief visit; here, Commander Byrd revealed; Ills plans for his forthcoming. AnVarctie'.expedition. He is. not ready, .to-divulge the date, but - would within;two months.,- The supply ship named Pacific. Fur/ -of; SBGO tons, steel, an oil burner, is., ten times as large Us the. 'City ..of ,Nbw ' York. A Avooden brigantine named .Bear, will serve as outpost; A' /special bimdtored (aeroplane dnder.,construction will. be equipped with ski .landing gear and a space to carry fiftteeh passengers, in addition to three. ofa/prew, wjth a cruising speed > .pf;.155;-tpiles : per hour. The complete personnel, is; not: announced, but June, one of three hien-in ~tlie'iSouth Pole flight, Commandcuv Goprg-e Neville, a veteran of Byrd’s, arctic .trip/ and tram-atlahtic- flight, and .scout Paul Sipple.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1933, Page 5
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