Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15
SOUTH POLE FLIGHT
MAPPED BY BYRD.
Plane viii Assure Acquisition
of New Data on Area,
Commander Thinks.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

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Comdr. Byrd deflnitely has made up
his mind to lead an airplane expedi-
ton to the South Pole.
Feeling that since the American fiag
never has been anywhere near the
South Pole, the intrepid naval com
nander who recently conducted q sue
cessful flight over the North Pole,
already has begun making plans for
the venture into the Antarctic.
The new expedition will be more of
an exploration and more of q scien-
tific effort than was the fight last May
into the Arctic. The southern polar
area, which has been successfully in
vaded by Amundsen, the Norwegian.
and Scott, the British explorer, has
In 1t many hundreds Of thousands Of
square miles OF land. The South Pole
itself is 10000 feet above sea level
Thinks Plane win Be Better.
Although there have been various
expeditions on foot In the last CEN
tury, Con1dr. Byrd feels that man
never has actually seen much OF the
south polar zone. He feels that with
an airplane the eye can see for many
miles at q time and that photOgrapne
can be made which win add valuable
data to the archives Of the American
Navy, and to scientists generally.
THE plan which GpIndr. Byrd has
IN mind is to sail for the great tce
barrier in the Antarctic and there
abandon his ship and build Winter
fIiinI ters He VII take with him tlllsI
time some tractofs To drag the air.
planes around when starting a8 the
base Tor trial lights, s0metnln6 Wnlcn
he says ne should nave nan ,.,,s. sloals 10,
May in the journey noEtn. AMoIe - ~. 80
be Government me1evIoaos.ass y. 80 s,.
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aIion OF the SsOVsh iilllee.
ConRerred with Amundsan.
Comdr. Byrd recently conierrel
with Capt. Amundsen .n'sNeW A,n,, A0,n
anout some OL tns pIOp,en.s psA. sLs 80 49,.
bs b e expects to consult the Norwegian
explorer before compleing plans IOr
the trip. Tne Two men ae 49,
friends and never participatea II bne
Of rivalry which members
of their respective expeditions devei-
oped at Spitzbergen
Incidentally, the caDlegrams from
Oslo telling or the speech OF capt:
Riiser.Larsen, hight-hand man OF
Capt. Amundsen, TO the emect InaL
Comdr. Peary never reached the Nortn
Pole is regarded by Navy men as re.
grettable, as Is also the statement
that Condr. Byrd forgot 70 drop the
American flag at the Pole. The
American naval commander carried
flags over the Pole, but declares he
did not wish to drop the colors. be.
cause another American - Comdr.
Peary-had already done that years
before. Comdr. Byrd brought back
for the naval archives the nag he
carried over the North Pole.
AS for the tPeary expedition, scien-
lists here feel that 1t takes preference
over both fl1e Amundsen and Byrd ex.