Evening star., 1928-11-17
BYRD'S SHIP DUE
TO DOCK TONIGHT
VIII Put in at Dunedin, New
Zealand, for Last Stop
Before Basing.
BY JOE DE GANAHL.

BY wireless to The Star and New York Times
ON BOARD THE ELEANOR BOIL.
ING. November II. - Comdr. Richard
E. Byrd's supply ship, the Eleanor
Boiling, was nearing Dunedin, New
ilization on the 12,000-mile route from
New York to the Antarctic continent
tonight.
She was expected to dock soon after
dark and prepare at once to discharge
some of her cargo to make room for
the four airplanes of the expedition.
The original plan was to have the
Eleanor Boiling call at wellington,
where the planes are now located, but
orders were received from Comdr
Byrd three days ago, instructing Capt
Gustav Brown to proceed to Dunedin
instead.
Supplies to Be Unloaded.
These orders were interpreted on
board to mean that the cargo of
portable houses and foodstuffs, des-
tined for the Winter quarters on the
ice barrier, would be unloaded and as
sorted at Dunedin
While this work is in progress it is
expected that the Eleanor Boiling will
be sent to Wellington to pick up the
planes. The alrplane personnel and
material were transported to Yelling
ton on the whaling ship c. A. Larsen,
which also carried Comdr. Byrd.
The City Of New York. flagship of
the expedition, is not expected to ar
rive at Dunedin for at least a week.
BY that time 1t is expected that all the
equipment and personnel of the expe-
dition will have been collected at Dune
din, where the final issuing and sorting
over will be undertaken.
Flagship to Go First.
The City of New York will be the
first ship TO leave for the ice barrier in
the Ross Sea. She will probably start
early in December and will be followed
by the Eleanor Boiling
The members of the crew OF the
Boiling regard Dunedin as more than
q milestone in the long trip to the
south. The land which they are view
ing from the starboard rail tonight is
the last inhabited land that they will
see in 1880 miles.
Farther south is a wall of ice, stretch
ing east and west for distance OF
more than 100 miles. That ice cap Will
be the home of 40 members OF the ex-
pedition for more than a year. Two
Christnases will have lapsed before the
expedition members see the high noun
tains surrounding Dunedin. on the
course which will take them nome.
Street clothes, which have been IN
inusty lockers for two months, were
hanging in all parts of the ship To-Day,
and everywhere there was preparation
for the arrival.
Boards, raised on the two-month sea
trip and allowed to weather the short
call at Panama and Tahiti, were IN va
rious stages of removal, as the snip
neared port.
Mail from home was frequent topic
of conversation today. With the eX-
ception of few letters, whlcn came
aboard at Panama, the members OF the
crew have been in communication with
their relatives only by radio.
Mail Due Tonight.
All the mail for members Of the ex-
necition has been collected at Dunedin
and Is expected. aboard Immediately
after the ship docks tonight.
How soon the Eleanor Boiling VIII
leave for Wellington has not been de-
termined, but 1t is certain that Comdr.
Byrd will lose little time in getting his
equipment collected and assorted at
Dunedin.
It appears certain, however, that all
members of the expedition will be in
Dunedin on Thanksgiving day. Christ
mas will probably be spent en- route to
the Antarctic base.
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