CIVIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 15

CIVIC

‘WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE’ “The Cuckoos,” after a very successful run at the Civic Theatre. -will finish tonight. “White Days” were the terror of aviators who flew their planes in the uncharted territory around the South' Pole with the Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd expedition. The dramatic film-record of the expedition, “With Byrd at the South Pole,” which will be shown at the Civic Theatre tomorrow. has scenes of these fliers battling strange weather conditions. “White Days” came when tho sky was overcast. The horizon would disappear completely and the fliers could not tell their altitude due to tho absence of anything but the snow. There were no shadows in the blinding light. Men, walking along the snow, might fall into a hole or stumble over a drift without having seen them at all. On such days, everyone who could, stayed indoors. Such weather, together with storms and fog, was usually predicted by the expedition weather-man, who studied meteorological conditions for nine months before the polar flight was attempted. Although there were only 20 days of sunshine that summer, these were all accurately charted, predicted and used for important flights. Such is the land which the daring explorers of Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s South Polar expedition braved to bring back a priceless record of conditions at the “bottom of the world.” “With Byrd at the South Pole.” the official moving picture record of the expedi- ! tion, is replete with the deeds of dari ing and romantic adventure.