ELLSWORTH AND BALCHEN ANNOUNCE THEIR PLANS
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Rec. Oct. 19, 10.35 p.m. Los Angeles, October 18. Inspecting the new monoplane for the Antarctic exploration, Mr. Lin-' coln Ellsworth and Mr. Bernt Bal- ! chen outlined their plans for " the i 3900 miles non-stop flight from the Ross Sea base to the Weddell Sea,! returning probably in mid-December ' of next'year. The aviators plan to s.ail to Dunedin in August .of next year and then , .board the Norwegian motor ship to the Ross Sea base, from which they! will start their flight. Because of the impossibility of making a base at the " Weddell Sea, it is necessary to makej a non-stop return flight. They said that Sir Huhert "Wilkins! may accompany them to the Ross Sea base in the hope of solving the geo- . — i.T — e_ix! « i *
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 358, 20 October 1932, Page 5
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