Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-21
BYRD AIDE DEPICTS
19EM|LE TEMPEST
Harold June Gives Graphic
Account of Antarctica
Scourged by Wind.
Continued From First Page.)

see the surface. He picked out a spot
near our mountains, where there
seemed to be . good field and where
We would be within easy distance of
the range.
He headed for q blue patch Of ice
and came in to set her down. While
we were apparently still several feet
| from the ground the skis clicked against
something. Then they clicked again,
but still we didn't land. That seemed
funny"
II looked over the side and at
the ground and found it was going by
like the devil" interiected Bert.
Lands Plane ON Slope.
'Darned II we weren't landing down
hill and couldn't see the slope at ALL
All there was to 60 by was that blue
ice ahead. We landed at q gliding
angle and 1t was fast--you bet 1t was
fast.
"As soon as we hit again we held her
with the gun, and stalled and just then
the ground leveled off and cut the
gun right away. you bet. After that
1t was all right"
June again took up the thread of
the narrative.
There was q little slope just ahead
Of u.s." he said. and Bert TAXED up
to the foot Of that. II seemed a good
place-there was o sort of a terraced
slope leading up to the mountain. AS
soon as we stopped Gould got out and
held up o ski with the antenna on it.,
! so I could ell he base we were safe.
and then he put UP the tent. while
Bert drained the oil and I fused around
with the radio.
Polar Sunset Gorgeous
There was a gorgeous sunset that
night and 1t was calm and warm. a
regular paradise. It surely looked good: :
1t was so warm we cooked and ate our
dinner outside and then turned in about
Q o'clock
The next morning there was a little
breeze blowing and when we got up the
| sun was shining. It looked like good
day to take sights. so we laid out base
line for triangulation about mile from
the tent and started TO work. Bernt
spent the time sketching.
First linking Of Storm.
While we we're doing this it began
to blow and we got back to the tent
as quick as we could after managing
! to get few rocks for Gould from the
the mountain. 1t was blowing hard
when We reached the tent.
The next morning the tent was flap
ping In the wind. The sides swapping
with reports like q gun. There was a
tiny hole near the head Of my sleeping
bag and I peeked out at the plane.
It looked queer and rubbed my eyes
and looked again.
I'm darned II the propeller WASH Z
turning over despite the cold which
must have made the oil stin. We tun-
bled out In q hurry. The wind was
blowing 40 miles an hour there and the
drift was pretty thick.
| we piled snow over the skis and the
| tail and built q snow wall In front Of It
We were afraid then that the tent
would blow away and the plane too,
for the wind was rising ~ the time.
could and were ha&ding the left
wing down with lines, tho wind seeming
to come O little from Chat direction,
while Bernt dug snow BEES and piled
them, We spent the whole day ct 1t
and there was not time to eat.
Food Is Saved.
"After o few hours, when It showed
no signs Of letting up, said We had
better take the radio and food out OF
| the plane and Gould said, Yes. get 1t.
"Tthrew them into the tent. just tossed
| them in any way. for there was no
time to do anything else, and get the
sled and other necessary things.
THE drift was 50 thick by this time
that We could barely see the tail from
the wing tip. The snow melted when
1t hit US and there was ice on all our
faces. It stuck to our eyelashes ard
eyebrows and closed our eyes Sc we
couldn't see. We had to pull 1t off
every few minutes.
I'VE got more dead men down and
put lines of Alpine rope from them to
the hand holes on the wing tips, and
both Gould and held on to the rope
on the left wing. There was half ton
of snow on the left ski, bat every time
there was q gust Of wind that ski would
lift four or five inches from the ground
Every time IL did my heart would
60 up in my mouth and I thought.
Here she goesp But every time she
dropped back again and we held on.
The only reason she didn't blow
away was that We had four parts Of
Alpine rope to each dead man In front
and fastened to the landing gear. That
line was 50 tight you could play q tune
on 1t.
Tent Filled with Snow.
THE tent had been ripping and was
full Of snow. So we had to get after
that. Gould and Bernt cleaned IL out,
while was sending radio to the base.
! They dug q hole in the snow outside
the tent and put al the spare clothes
and gear into it. The snow was as hard
as rock. although it had drifted there
in few hours. Then nxed up the
tent as well rs could and maybe that
wasn't some job.
at was Tapping to beat hell and the
needle would stick and my fingers near
~ froze. BY this time 1t was $50 or Z
o'clock and We decided it was time to
eat. We had had nothing all day. We
cut some ice with the geologist's ham
merit was great for that-and the
ice melted faster than snow. We had
tea, soup and pen1mican and 1t tasted
good. It warmed us right up The wind
died ut 10 o'clock and 1t got cold, about
6 above zero
1.-THE sleeping bags were wet and we
were wet and felt cold and clammy.
We crawled into our bags to dry out,
and we did, but forgot about my seal
skin pants They got wet and wouldn't
dry and they blistered the inside of
my legs. had TO change my under
clothing and put on wool pants, and
after that was all right. We got some
shots at the stars about IL o'ciock-at
least Gould did--and 1t seemed quite
clear.
1--WE looked it over and decided that
we had better go home next morning
and not take any more chances OF los
ing the plane, but when We woke up 1t
was showing hard
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