Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-24

With him this time Commander Byrd a noted fuel
expert who is Flying Commander g. O. Noble. as it
requires great skill and pains to prevent the freezing
of ubricating oil and stfened action OF the motors
forced to work the plane in the open at great
attitudes with the thermometer at 60 to 70 below
The points which favored the month of May that
Arctic fog had begun rise and heavy still
land and afforded good landing places
factor Of SAT, pointed out by Commander Byrd in
connection with the of the FOkker machine Is that
carries engine. 1t has three engines With
light load is expected to he sufficient to maintain the
plane in flight With normal load two engines will do
the work If two engines break down a$ time. when
the plane is not too heavily loaded it may fly with the
Of engine. The Fokker machine has a wing
spread Of slightly than GA feet 1t is said to be
a marvel of airship construction.
The other airplane-the Curtis Orole-was to have
been used chiefly in finding landing fields that IL
the ers found their main landing place covered with
fog they might go elsewhere.
The Chantier equipped with powerful radio
mitter to send back the Of the expedition The
Fokker also is equipped with a receiving and trans
hitting Commander Byrd not only kept the world
Informed Of the Of the expedition but received
through the Chantier weather warnings to guide him in
his fight
How Expedition Was Equipped.
Fortyve hundsed pounds of whole beef included
in the rations of the Byrd of fortyseven ters
seamen and techncians. Also four hundred pounds OF
pemmican (meat fats and raisns) huge quantities Of
bacon dried milk, erbswurst pea soup) other sup
plies in proportion carried along Cod liver was
included for its heathful properties Herbert Griggs
who had charge Of provisioning Pearys expedition
famous dash to the Pole worked the ratlons for the
Byrd explorers Two pounds was the
allowance to take of all emergencies
No amount of clothing really sufficient when flying
1000 feet In the air in the Polar regions but
every possible precauton taken by Commander Byrd
against exposure. The equipped with the
warmest and lghtest Of reindeer suits and with fur
parkas, garment that reaches to the knees and has
hood covering the head Plenty of goggles
to be absolute necessity to protect against the
glare of the
In spite Of all the precautions the undertaking was
full Of unseen danger None Of this equipment would be
nj fh0 hfn0f QUpiI UQfncf cnrpo
precedented situation which might arise Is always
the danger of snObndness exhaustion freezing some
mshap to the, engine Lieutenant Byrd and his CON-
panions however particularly fortunate escaping
with practically I'LL effects except the exhaustion due
to such periious trip.
Pick Up Ice Pilot.
The ship Chantier's first stop at Tromso Norway
where ice skipper taken to pilot Chantier
through the ice-fed waters around Sptz-
bergen to Kings Bay. where preparations for the
flight to the Pole made The planes the instruments
and the various oil mixtures used In connection with the
arshp tests carefully examined tested Lieu
tenant Byrds original plans called for six flights follows:
IA 4OO-mile flight from Spitzbergen to Peary Land
to unload OIL provisions and equipment place that
looks promising for landing.
"A 40Omile flight back Spzbergen
S-A second 40Omile flight from Spitzbergen TO pesrv
Land base with further food, fuel and equipment.
AN sSomie fight to and around the Pole and back
to the Peary base.
5-An SOOmie round trip flight the northwest over
unexplOred areas In search of new lands
GA 4O0mile flight from the Peary Land base back to
Spitzbergen
1t his plan In his second flight attempt to dis
land but when he received the report of the
flight of Amundsen in his drigbe in which was stated
that the Norge had failed to find any trace of new
land Lieutenant Byrd decided further flights
and the trip over land sleds he had planned in his
search Tor new land In unexplored areas Now he has
decided to try to accomplish by arshp at the South
Pole what he did at the North AS he left the Spitz
bergen base he stated that he would have just as well
an equipped expedition for his southern flight as he had
In his recent adventure In the North