Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
!Conqueror of Two Poles De-
barkS After 20 Months
in Antarctic.
SUMS UP DISCOVERIES
IN TALK WITH REPORTERS
Plans No Further Explorations
Until 100000 South Pole Ex-
petition Debts Are Paid.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 19.-Aerial con-
pueror of both ends of the earth. Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd set foot again
today, at 10:40 am. &c. S. to, on the
turf of Lower Manhattan, from which
he sailed 30 months ago on a pilgrim
age of exploration into the white wastes
on Antarctica.
Surrounded in sea and sky and on
land by a roaring welcome, in which
planes and harbor craft and cheering
thousands joined, he debarked from the
city welcoming tug Macon to receive
from the City of New York the third
and by far the most boisterous greet
ings it has rendered to him for his
achievements of exploration by air.
Admiral Byrd had boarded the Ma
con half an hour before from his
barque, the City of New York, at quar-
antine. The first person he greeted was
his mother, whom he held in a warm
embrace for moment, then turned to
other relatives and friends.
Summarizes Discoveries.
''It's good to get back again." he said,
'smil1ng, as he greeted the city from the
radio telephone aboard the Macon. Its
good to have this reception"
Then, turning to the reporters, he
spoke of the serious business which took
him to the Antarctic and of what his
expedition had accomplished there.
First, he said, they had discovered
and explored lbs, 900 square miles of
land, existence of which had only been
surmized before. They found rock for
nations indicating great coal deposits
of commercial significance. They pho
tographed miles on miles Of recovered
terrain, and they definitely established
the need IN Antartica of a permanent
weather station.
The thing for which he was most
thankful, he said. was that he had
brought his expedition all safely home.
Has No Plans for Future.
The admiral said he had no future
plans, and would not undertake further
explorations until 100000 debt re-
manning from this expedition was
cleared away.
There's not much left to explore, is
there?" he was asked.
"Oh, yes" he answered quickly.
'There are thousands Of miles Of unex-
plored lands in South America and
Antarctica, and as long as there is land
no one has seen man will continue to
seek it,
Mrs. Byrd, who was prevented by high
seas from boarding the City of New
York last night, from q specially char
tered tug, was not down the bay today
to meet her distinguished husband.
Relatives said she had not returned
from the futile trip out to Ambrose
=. Light until 3 am. this morning and had
Fdecided to postpone her greeting until
later. She was expected to join the adj
miral after the reception at City Hall.
Leaves Quarantine on Macon.
Rear Admiral Byrd left Quaranti he,
In lower New York Harbor, shortly be-
fore 10 am. for the Battery and New
York City's welcome home.
He was aboard the municipal tug
Macon, escorted by two other city tugs
a private yacht, three city patrol boats
and host Of gayly decorated smaller
craft
Following them up the harbor were
the ice-scarred veterans Of the Bay OF
Whales, the barque City of New York
and the supply ship Eleanor Boiling.
Whistles shrieked salute as the ma
rine parade headed up the harbor.
Admiral Byrd broadcast his greetings
to the city from the recently installed
radio telephone aboard the Macomb.
Streaming along behind the Macon
were so or more harbor craft of all
descriptions, as spectacular a marine
demonstration as New York had seen
since Col. Lindbergh came back from
Paris. AS the parade passed Governors
Island salute guns roared Is times.
Whistle and siren handles were tied
on passing tugs and big liners on both
the Brooklyn and Manhattan shores
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