LONG HIKE TO THE POLE
BYRD’S DOG-TEAMS AWAIT WORD TO START FIXING UP THE PLANES By RUSSELL, OWEN Copyrighted, 1925, by the “New York Times” company and the St. Louis “PostDispatch.” All rights for publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to the “New York Times.” Received 9.5 a.m. BAY OF WHALES, Monday. As soon as the break in the weather comes, and a few warm days can be expected, the dog teams of the first party will go south. The supporting party -will also leave the base, and start its difficult journey over the heaved-up bay ice, which in some places has been forced 50ft. skyward. They are all ready to go, but it has been unusually cold this spring, and the start will not be rushed.
The sleds are being packed, and everything is being brought together, so that there will be as little delay as possible when Byrd gives the word for the long hike. Last night the temperature -was 43 degrees below zero, much colder than when Captain Amundsen started his Polar journey on October 19. Work on the planes is proceeding steadily. Snow is being shovelled from round the Fairchild, and the wings are being installed. The planes, being left with their landing gear in the hole where they have been all the winter, are so firmly frozen in that a storm would tear the "wings off without moving the skis, but such a storm is not anticipated here, where the wind velocities do not reach the intensity experienced at the Rockefeller Mountains last summer, when the Foklcer was blown away.
The engine of the plane is tuned. The carburettor has been taken out and adjusted and cleaned, and if it becomes necessary at any time to go to the assistance of the dog teams, the plane will be all ready to fly. Everyone is anxious to see it in the air again, but it will be weeks before good flying weather can be expected. This is the season of storms and sudden changes in the weather conditions, and down here, when the wind blusters, it blusters quickly and with authority.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 9
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355LONG HIKE TO THE POLE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 9
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