Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
BYRD AND Party
I BRAVE g BELOW
Doctor, Studying Effect of
Cold on Body, Dashes
! Outdoors in Nude.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

Copyright, 1929, by the New York Times
Company
LITTLE AMERICA, Antartica, April
21.-The blizzard, which has been rag
ing here, blew itself out in the night
and today is clear and eold-52 below.
There Is no wind, however, and Bernt
Balchen, Dean Smith and Jack O'Brien
went for walk down on the bay ice
and along the grey line Of jagged pres
sure ridges.
Comdr. Byrd goes down there nearly
every day no matter what the weather
and every one tries to get out for a
time and take some exercise.
We are on our Winter schedule now
and get up at $50. We have two
meals a day, with coffee in between.
Bed time is 10 o'clock, and few hardy
souls read a short time by the light Of
candle or lantern beside their bunk
until their hands get too cold TO hold
the book, and that isn't long.
Conan Braves Cold Sans Clothes.
DR.. Conan, who has been studying
the effect of low temperatures on the
body, took the opportunity OF the cold
day and the prospect Of bath TO test
his own resistance to cold. Much TO
our amusement he ran outdoors with
out clothes. He ran as fast as he
could and was hitting a good pace at
the end in order to keep from slipping.
He had caribou slippers on his feet.
Steam rose from him as if from a loco
motive going up grade and his breath
rolled out in clouds.
He raised at least a 20-mile wind in
his run over and it burned his body
like fire. The backs of his fingers and
hands were white from being nipped,
when he dashed into the other house
and up to the stove, but the rest Of
his body was untouched. When re
came back he walked and as there was
no wind. he felt no bad effects at all.
He even stopped at the thermometer
shelter and opened it to see what the
temperature was and then strolled in
as nonchalantly as If he had been
clothed
Balloon Record" Is Set.
Harrison also made what is believed
to be the record low temperature bal
loon run. He stood outside at his in
Strument following the rise Of the bal
loon for IS minutes
He was bundled up we'll and had a
handkerchief tied across his nose. But
handling the screws on the instrument
IN thin gloves for such long period at
50 degrees below is Furnishing and his
hands were pretty cold when he came
in. His right heel also was slightly
frozen from standing still. He and
Ha1nes have the coolest work of all thlS|
Winter VIC hoA Of
joyable broadcasting evenings yester-
day. when many friends of Comdr.
Byrd were brought together at the New
York Club in New York to talk to him |
Most OF them were newspaper pub
fishers who surprised us all when thew
told OF the interest being taken in the'
expedition by those at home They|
were corralled apparently by Joe Bar
mum, publisher of the Syracuse POST
Standard and close friend Of the
commander and the expedition.
That was just like Joe to do that,
said the commander. He is one of
the very best friends back home. 1t isl
Just the sort Of thing he would do, and
II was splendid to hear them all"
Messages Of Death Shock Party.
The talks helped to make it as pleas
ant day as We have had in a longI
time. 1t ended. however, in an echo
of tragedy which deeply affected US.
After the talks messages from home
were read. One was to one of the best
Of our company, fine fellow. who had
listened to his mother speak a short
time before. A message to him an
nounced the death Of his brother. An
other man received word of the death
OF two relatives. So it can be seen that
at times We watch with dread the box
from which word comes from home.