POLAR EXPLORATION
ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION MR LINCOLN ELLSWORTH’S PLANS WINTER AT SOUTH POLE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) SYDNEY, Feb. 28 The American explorer Mr Lincoln Ellsworth to-day announced a new expedition to the Antarctic in 1941, when he will camp the entire winter at the South Pole, with two companions “to pursue observations of importance in several branches of scientific research.” Mr Ellsworth is not certain whether he will leave for the south from Australia or New Zealand. He will probably use two aeroplanes and dig them in at the pole, Hying from the Bay of Whales to the pole, a distance of 70X) miles. Mr Ellsworth pointed out that leading subjects of research there would be meteorological conditions and the ionisation of the atmospheric layers. He added: ” l also propose lo name as the ‘American Highland’ Hie 81,000 square miles of highly-elevated land south qf Princess Elizabeth Land, over which I flew and which 1 claimed for the United Stales this year.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20743, 1 March 1939, Page 7
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163POLAR EXPLORATION Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20743, 1 March 1939, Page 7
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