Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-07-29

rose up On the horizon of the n.,.oI non
trast to the gloo of the eskimo was euupped viii ,
plete radio outfit that those who remained at rho hos.
While Lieutenant Byrd made his thrilling dash 70 rha
fole IN ms speeding Fokker might keep in touch with
their chief and the outside world which tber l.ant in
formed as to the progress and success of tbe agbt
1t was to this same home that he returned after his
hazardous trip and from which some of the first mes
sages were sent to the waiting public telling then,
through the lanes of air that Byrd had ctrco6 Tho
pole three times and had returned to his spitzbergan
"e III safety adais one of the most memorable pages
to the history OF Arctic exploration
Sugar Cane Fights Polar North
When Lieutenant Byrd left the brooklyn Navy Yard
the ship Chanter declared he had the best and most
scientifically equipped expedition ever had
for the North Pole. Special plans for the
erection of his Arctic home. Boards of celoex insulating
lumber made from bagasse (sugar cane fiber after all
sugar juices have been eXtracted) 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 the sugar cane of the
south was utilized to fght the cold of the north
Celotex selected instead of lumber because tests
made by the United States Bureau of Standards and
its universal in building construction all over the
world, had demonstrated this insulating lumber
would keep the quarters of the explorers warmer and
protect their living conditions more securely than ord
nary building material.
1t was only after careful investigation by scientific
men in the expedition that celotex was selected These
authorities pointed that the protection afforded bv
its Insulation efficiency three great as ord-
lumber and nearly twelve times great as that
of brick and other masonry material shin Chaner
also lined with celotex added precauton 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 of it's predeces-
sors These included inventions sof Commander Byrd
himself simple sun compass conceived by Byrd and
developed by Mr.. Bumsead the National Geographic
Society superseded the complicated German device de
veloped three years ago for Amundsen The drift in
dcator also was Byrds invention. The bubble sextant
by which the navigator obtains his bearings while in
flight was another of his inventions Still another
scientc development quick method of telling when
one is at the North Pole. This has been worked our
by g. W. Lttiehaies the navy's photographic engineer
Device Locates the Pole.
Byrd and others contributed to chart of the mag
netc lines flowing toward the magnetic North Pole,
which is in Bothla Land 1900 miles south of the Pole.
Between Bohla Land and the Pole the campass points
south instead of north and much of the Arctic
it is badly disturbed by the discrepancy position be-
tween the geographical North Pole and the magnetic
North Pole
This chart of the magnetic lines flowing to the mag
netic North Pole, although it far from complete was
such enable the navigarsr tell what direction
the compass should point from any spot in the Arctic
With this knowledge, the erratic behavior of the COM
pass becomes orderly and 1t is again nstru-
nent.
third type of compass used was device of infinite
revolving electrical COIL which is ad
usted to given relation with the magnetism of the
earth. This the sun compass, and the magnetic COM
pass were each used to correct the other
Lieutenant Byrd in his flight used a quick method of
eng when ne was actually at the Pole. This was the
invention worked out by Mr. Littlehales the II s
Navy photographic engineer. 1t shows the SUMS nosi
ion from the North Pole every hour of the dav and
very day of the year When the flyer is near the Pole
e can by ascerainng the exact position of the sun
,roye that he is the Pole.
Flies 5000 Miles Over Arctic
The expedition backed by such men as John d
rockefeller Jr and Theodore Roosevelt Jr had three
laini objects