ANTARCTIC WEATHER
EXPLORING UNLIKELY TILL DECEMBER By RUSSELL OWEN Copyrighted. IDL’S, by the “New York Times” company and the fc’t. Louis “PostDispatch.” All rights lor publication reserved throughout the world. Wireless to the “New York Times." Reed. 9 a.m. BAY OF WHALES, Thursday. The weather continues fickle. It makes exploring and flying seem unlikely until early in December. A dump-valve is being made for the big Ford plane, so that, if necessary, part of the fuel load can be dropped on a polar flight. If a forced landing were made, the ship would be lightened, and if a motor stopped the fuel would also he dropped, so that the remaining motors might carry the plane out from the plateau to where a landing could be made on the Barrier near the inland base. The plane must fly at such a high altitude, over the 10,000-foot, plateau, that to release even a small part of the fuel load would make a great difference in flying.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 822, 16 November 1929, Page 9
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164ANTARCTIC WEATHER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 822, 16 November 1929, Page 9
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