LITTLE AMERICA
LONG COASTLINE CHARTED
ADMIRAL BYRD’S WORK
SOME IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day. 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 31.
The “New York Times” Washington correspondent states that Rear-Ad-miral Byrd reported a 180 minute flight and the charting of 300 miles of the Little America coastline, as the most fruitful geographically, which he had ever made. He verified the discovery of a mountain range reaching 4000 feet and added to the map peaks, glaciers and a snowclad island. In two flights he charted 30,000 square miles of unknown territory. The North Star has left for Chile.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 February 1940, Page 5
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100LITTLE AMERICA Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 February 1940, Page 5
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