Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
BYRD WILL START
RETURN TRIP FROM
ANTARCTIC TODAY
City of New York Ties Up at
Little America After
44-Day Voyage.
LOADING is RUSHED
TO SPEED DEPARTURE
Adolph ochs Radio Station Is Dis
mantled as Relief Ship Draws
Near Camp.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

Times
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica. Feb.
ruary lathe bark City of New Yorl
arrived here AZ 8 pm. g am. Wednes.
day, Eastern standard time) and begar
loading Immediately to set sail for home
with the expedition tomorrow afternoon
The relief ship pulled into the Bay
Of Whales sheathed in ice.
Men had gathered at the edge Of the
ice on the western side and scanned
the water seward, where clouds OF
frost smoke hid the horizon. At about
GAS the topmastS showed above the
shifting mist and the men on shore
showed their joy in every movement.
First Ship in a Year!
The first ship in year Mail and
touch with the world!
Now the ship Is lying alongside the
ice. It will be loaded in a few hours
and probably will be ready to leave soon
after.
The City of New York had a good
passage along the face Of the barrier and
at 5 o'clock this morning passed Dis
covery Inlet
She met with some ice on the way
east during the past "a hours, but mt
enough to impede her progress. In a
message at noon Capt. Melville had re-
ported that he was meeting more pack
ice, apparently drifting from the east,
and at that time was 40 miles OF.
A Days From Dunedin.
The City Of New York had been A
days on the way from Dunedin, New
Zealand, whence she sailed January 5.
The straightaway distance is $500
miles, but the bark was compelled to
wait for days at the edge of the ice
pack and then to cruise in search of
leads to permit penetration and, after
struggling through in 81 hours, she was
blown by terrific gale far west OF her
course.
The return journey can be estimated
Only IN terms OF last years trip of the
City of New York back through the ice
pack. That took 81 days.
Shit set sail from Little America on
February %, 1929. and, tossed by an icy
tempest and coated with frozen spray
from stem TO stern, battled the pack
for three days before getting clear. Al
most Immediately ice hemmed in the
Byrd base.
DismantIe Radio Station.
Dismantling of the wireless station,
which had kept Admiral Byrd in touch
with the world for more than a year
and flashed guidance to men on the
Barrier, started soon after the ship re-
ported she was within 20 miles.
The last message sent out was as
follows:
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
February 10.
Adolph S. Ochs, Publisher,
New York Times.
Dear Mr. OchS.
AS We are about to put out of COM
mission the Adolph Ochs Radio Station
want to let you know how much Joy
and happiness this station has given
and now it has added very greatly to
the efficiency of the expedition and
thereby saved lives. In short, it has
been indispensable from many stand
points, and in this the last message
sent from the station we give you the
warmest regards and good wishes from
every one here. RICHARD BYRD.
Difficult Job Of Packing.
One of the most difficult operations
of the last few days was packing records
and materials so that they would not
be injured by water in the ship should
meet with rough weather on the way
home, as is very likely.
The scientific records nave beer
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interesting jobs of packing has beer
that Of the movie films. These have
been through more hazards than any
film ever before transported.
They were brought down here through
the tropics, kept year in varying tenn
peratures ranging far below zero, anc
now have 10 go back through dampness
and the tropic heat before they are de.
yeloped
Films Soldered in Metal Casing.
To protect them against this, mer
worked for days soldering them in boxes
each of which contained 2,400 feet
There are more than of so of them
more than 1000 900 feet, and about 40.
600 feet went back last year.
These films contain complete RECORD
of the expedition, and for that reason
have been carefully safeguarded No
only were they wrapped in separate tins
which were tapped, but these tins eacl
containing 200 feet, were put in specia
zinc boxes, which were soldered ant
then placed in wooden boxes lined will
insulating material
Most OF the other records were packet
almost as carefully, although create
care had to be exercised to keep the del
icate emulsion from damage on the wa.
home.
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