The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-15

ton Tor the explorers The house. which
the horizon of the frigd north in marked CON
tras to the igoo of the eskimo was eoupped with com
pete radio outfit that those who remained at the base
while Lieutenant Byrd made his thrilling dash to the
Pole in his speeding Fokker might keep in touch with
their chief and the outside world which they kept In
formed as to the and success of the flight
1t was to this home that he returned after his
hazardous trip and from which some Of the first mes
sages sent to the waiting public telling then,
through the lanes of the air that Byrd had circed the
pole three times and had returned his Spitzbergen
home in safety adding the most memorable pages
to the history of Arctic exploration.
Sugar Cane Fights Polar North
When Lieutenant Byrd left the Brooklyn Navy Yard on
the ship Chanter he declared he had the best and
scientifically equipped expedition that had started
for the North Pole. Special plans made for the
erection of his Arctic home Boards of celotex insulating
lumber made from bagasse (sugar fiber after all
sugar juices have been extracted carried along
with the latest inventions to aid In polar exploration
This building material is very light and is filed with
millions of air cells which give great insulation value
and resistance to change In temperature especially the
severe cold. One odd circumstance in connection with
the of this material is that the sugar Of the
south was utilized to fight the cold Of the north
Celotex selected instead of lumber tests
made by the United States Bureau of Standards and
its universal in building construction all the
world. had demonstrated that this insulating lumber
would keep the quarters of the explorers and
protect their living conditions securely than ordi
nary building material
only careful investigation by the scientific
In the expedition that celotex selected These
Its insulation efficiency three times great
nary lumber and nearly twelve times as great as that
of brick and other material The ship Chantier
also lined with celotex added precaution to
keep the ship warm while the explorers used IT In the
preliminary stages Of the expedition.
In practically every other way this expedition was
more scientifically prepared than any Of its predeces
These included inventions CT Commander Byrd
himself simple compass conceived by Byrd and
developed by Mr. Bumsead of the National Geographic
Society," superseded the complicated German device de-
AQO For mn Tho drfff IN
dicator also Byrds invention The bubble sextant
by which the navigator obtains his bearings while In
flight another of his Inventions Still another
scientific development was quick method of telling when
one is at the North Pole This has been worked out
by g. W. Litehales the navys photographic engineer
Device Locates the Pole.
Byrd and others contributed to a chart Of the mag
netic lines flowing toward the magnetic North Pole,
which is in Bothla Land 1900 miles south of the Pole
Bothla Land and the Pole the campass points
south instead of north and much of the Arctic
It is badly disturbed by the discrepancy Of position be-
tween the geographical North Pole and the magnetic
North Pole.
This chart of the magnetic lines flowing to the mag
netc North Pole although 1t far from complete
to enable the navigator to tell in what direction
the compass should point from spot in the Arctic
With this knowledge the erratc behavior Of the
pass orderly and 1t is again useful nsru
ment
third type Of compass used was device of infinite
constituencies revolving electrical COLL which Is adj
justed to given relation with the magnetism of the
earth This, the compass, and the magnetic
pass were each used to correct the other.
Lieutenant Byrd In his fight used quick method of
telling when he actually at the Pole This the
invention worked out by Mr.. Littlehales, the o. s.
Navy photographic engineer 1t shows the suns posi-
ton the North Pole at every hour Of the day
every day of the year When the flyer the Pole
he can by ascertaning the position the SUM-
prove that he is near the Pole
Flies 5000 Miles Over Arctic.
The expedition, backed by such men as John D.
Rockefeller Jr, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr had three
main objects