Byrd ends vast Antarctic air survey
Nov 29. Commander Richerd E. Byrd and three companions returned to their home base at Little America in the Antarctica today after completing the first flight over the South Pole. The polar flight is part of a systematic effort by Byrd and his team to explore the uncharted five million square miles of the Antarctic continent. the achievement was made possible by a flight on November 18, during which Byrd established a supply base 40 miles south of Little America.
Flying a Ford trimotor, the Byrd party took off from Little America at 10:29 p.m. yesterday. The aircraft stopped for an hour to refuel at the supply base and arrived over the South Pole at 8:15 this morning, after a hazardous, wind-buffeted flight. Byrd cyrcled the pole for his home base. It landed at Little America at 10:10 a.m. Among other discoveries, Byrd and the dog team party he sent out have found two previously uncharted Antarctic mountain ranges, which they hope to explore more thoroughly in a series of expeditions.
Are you surprised? I got it out of Chronicle of the 20th century. :-) :-P Well, I've gotta go, bye.
