The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-10


American-built plane. the first Of
nine Arctic expeditions this year to
achieve its goal.
Only eight men have seen the North
Pole. Four were Esquimaux with Ad-
miral Peary. one was Matt Henson.
Admiral Peary's negro follower, and
another was Chief Petty Officer
Floyd Bennett. Commander Byrd's
mechanic.
A Short Trip
Radio and cable brought back to the
New York Times and st. Louis POST
Dispatch news that the Byrd expedi-
ton had made in Is hours and 80
minutes yesterday. a trip that took
Admiral Peary eight months by ship
and dogsled. The objective was
achieved 33 days after the expedition
sailed from New York for Kings Bay.
Spitzbergen. Peary was out Of con-
tact with civilization 429 days.
The news brought congratulations
from va, a. a. ssss.r, uo,.r~xu. Secretary Of
the Navy Wilbur. Secretary of War
Davis and from fellow explorers.
'Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Els
worth. whose Ital liam built dirigiblc.
the Norge. is at Kings Bay to attempt
the same flight. were among the first
to congratulate the Americans.
Commander Byrd sent mothers
day message Of success to his mother.
Mrs. K. F.. Byrd. ST., at Richmond, and
she said:
Il am very proud Of Dick"
4 Dream Realized
When Commander Richard Evelyn
Byrd set sail from New York April
6. the occasion marked the realization
Of a dream which had been with him
since boyhood days-an expedition Of
his own into the Arctic regions.
With him was Floyd Bennett. chief
petty officer in the naval air serv-
ice. who flew over 5000
miles wit the commander
last year when the two ac-
compancd the Macmillan party in tho
north. He became Byrd's right
hand" man and the two Of them
planned to share the most dangerous
and important work Of the expcdi-
tion.
Bennett is man of the greatest
energy, endurance and skill. both as
navigator and as a mechanic" Byrd
wrote Of him 81 would not like to
be in the Arctic without him and |
would take him before any other man
in the world"
In outlining his plans. the COM
mandcr said that after reaching
Kings Bay. Spitzberge the airplane
would be ready for the flights while
William C. Haines, the United States
Weather Bureau official, studied and
reported on weather conditions.
Problems Worked Out
1..l n
Neville. Of the Vacuum Oil Company.
came into play. Working out oil
problems and providing mixtures to
becoming thin and at higher temper
atures useless, was his task.
"The objective Of our first flight"
Byrd said. twill be the first landing
field we can find on Peary Island.
the northcrnmost known land in the
world. It is at the extreme north tip
of Greenland, about 400 miles north
west Of Spitzbergen. The northern
most point Of Peary Land is Cape
Morris Jessup. but we are not par.
ticularly interested in it. We will
stop at the first spot on Peary Land
that promises good skiing for tho
plane"
After depositing thousand pounds
of gasoline. food and other supplies,
he planned to return to Kings Bay
and bring another load before start
ing the attempted flights to and
around the pole.
"From our projected base in Peary
Land it is approximately 400 miles to
the Pole.' he stated. '4f we reach
the vicinity Of the Pole. our instru-
ments will enable US to determine
while in flight, our location within .
margin Of twenty miles.
ITO make sure that we have reach
ed and passed the Pole. we will make
wide circle around it. This circle
will be less than 100 miles in dis
yt4nce. but it will be complete circum-
knavigation of the globe
To Hunt Unknown Land
If q suitable landing place near the
pole was noted. Byrd said he would
land before flying back to the 6a3e.
aNext we probably will undertak
one northwesteward flight Of not
more than 4c5 miles in search Of nm
known land he said. AFTER that we
probably will hare to return at once
to Kings Bay. II would be highly
(Continued on Rage three.)