The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-10
American Antarctic Exploration
Expedition Arrives at. Dune.
din, New Zealand
IS cHARY OF STATEMENTS
Regards Discovery Of Marie
Byrd Land as Most Impor-
tant Achievement

Dunedin, N. T., Mar. 1O.-tR-Rear
Admiral Richard r. Byrd American
explorer, and the members Of his
antarctic expedition returned to
Dunedin today after spending more
than q year In the scientific explora-
ton Of the frozen regions at the bot
tom Of the world.
All Dunedin turned out to greet the
discoverer Of the antarctic region
which he named Marie Byrd Land in
honor Of his wife. This discovery
was rated by Byrd as the most i'm
portant achievement of the expedi-
ton. His death-defying flight to the
south pole evoked just two sentences
Of comment.
Asked how it felt to fly over the
south pole. Byrd said:
VERY much like flying over the
north pole, except the north pole was
BUMPER"
Byrd Is the only man who has
flown over both poles. He scared over
the south pole November -. 1929, In
the tri-motored m~onoplane Floyd
Bennett, piloted by Bernt Balchen,
and accompanied by Captain Ashley
Mckinley, aerial surveyor, and Harold
!. June, radio operator. The flight
was made over the hazardous heights
from Little America, Byrd's base.
Also Conquered Atlantic
On May 8, 1926, Byrd flew out OF
Spitzbergen. circled the north pole
and returned. Among his other adj
! ventures "a a transatlantic flight
which ended when his plane became
lost in fog and finally came down al
the waters edge off the coast Of
France.
Tumultous enthusiasm held sway a.
the expedition. borne by the barqut
City Of New York and the steamer
Eleanor Bolling. enteEnd the -harhol
/ OF Dunedin. Dunedin was the las
city to bid Byrd goodbye when he SCI
out for the antarctic In December
1928.
Thousands Of persons lined tn,
waterfront to witness the return
Bands played 1.-THE Star spangles
Banner" and 1.-The Conquering Hero.
Scores Of small craft scurried out ant
escorted the two ships to their docks
Byrd,S comment On the accomplish.
ment Of the expedition was brief. HI
said:
Surely the south pole flight wa.
not more important than the fligh1
during which we discovered the new
land to the east, on the other side o.
the Ross dependency. This I have
named Marie Byrd Land.
THE six scientists with us worked
seriously and the results should prove
very useful. We surveyed 280, 000squart
miles Of hitherto unmapped country
Byrd Pays Tribute
Dunedin. often called the pear
City Of New Zealand" has in Other
times cheered intrepid explorers who
preceded Admiral Byrd into the ic<
floes that long held fast the secret,
Of the south pole-an unknown regior
Of continental size.
To these explorers, including Roalt
Amundsen, Amdiral Byrd paid tribute
"They had difficulties to overcome
he said, "many more than We. We
got used to the cold and our houses
were warm enough. The monotonJ
was the worst thing we had to en-.
counter"
A representative Of the New Zea.
land government In q brief address Of
welcome paid tribute to Admiral BYRD
as the first man to fly over both north
and south poles and the only one who
has conquered the south pole by air.
Other members Of the expedition
were reticent about their achieve.
ments. The explorers will remain
here about 10 days and then will sal
for New York via the Panama Canal