Evening star., 1933-07-12
ELLSWORTH TELLS
ANTARCTIC PLANS
PAYS San Francisco First
Visit, Accompanied by
Recent Bride.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.-The
man who has thrice conquered the
Arctic, and who now is on his way to
explore portions Of the Antartic never
as yet beheld by the eye of man. is
visiting San Francisco for the first
time in his life.
He is Lincoln Ellsworth, veteran OF
three conquestS of the Far North, and
his first request en- arrival here was for
information regarding heights in this
vicinity that may be scaled on foot.
He wants to do plenty of mountain
climbing and hiking during the next
week.
Accompanied by his bride of less
than two months. Ellsworth will Sill
from San Francisco on the MatSon
liner Lurline next Saturday en- route to
New Zealand. He and Mrs. Ellsworth
few here on a United AlrlineS Trans
port from New York.
At Dunedin, New Zealand, he will
Join his ship, the Wyatt carp, named
by him after thn old Tombstone, Arlz.,
fighting marsh !, his boyhood hero.
That ship. no. in Norway being
equipped. will selvc as his base for his
flight over the hitherto unexplored re-
gions of Antacrtica. On board when he
joins it in New Zealand will be Bernt
Balchen and EllSwOrth'S specially built
low-winged monoplane.
Baichen to Be Pilot.
Balchen will pilot the plane on the
2900-mile f;ght over Antarcti0, while
Ellsworth will navigate and do the
photographing. They plan to make the
flight from the Ross Sea to the Weddell
Sea and back in 20 hours, and Ellis
worth is confident that they will return
with much valuable data, as well as
another perilous exploration flight to
their credit.
"Our party on board the Wyatt
carp will include Is men," declared the
explorer Mrs. Ellsworth will remain
in New Zealand. probably in Dunedin.
until our return. Balchen and myself
will be the only persons on the plane
when We take off on cur exploration
flight.
The expedition is most important
from the exploration point of view.
There are some who consider cur pro-
posed flight more hazardous than my
trips into the Arctic because of the
terrific storms that sweep the land over
which we will fly. The wind fire.
quently reaches a velocity of $50 miles
an hour in that regicn.
The plane is equipped with two
radios, one run by the motor and the
other by hand-the latter in case We
are forced down. With Balchen and
myself on board 500 gallons of gaso-
line and emergency rations for three
months, together with our other equip
ment, the plane will weigh $500 pounds.
Plans Hop in December.
The Wyatt carp will leave Norway
August l and go direct to Dunedin,
which should be reached some time in
October We hope to leave fer :he
Ross Sea almost at once, and our pres
ent plan is to make our flight some
time about the middle of December.
Il am very proud of my ship, the
Wyatt carp, and I am particularly
proud of large picture which hangs in
her dining salon. 1t is a photograph
of Wyatt carp taken at the age of 80,
and it was sent to me by Stuart Lake,
the author of the most recent book on
Earp's career and exploits
Ellsworth was married on May %
last to Miss Mary Louise Ulmer Of
Pottsfield, Pa, who Is with him. The
ceremony took place In the Little
Church Around the Corner in New
York
Mrs Ellsworth declared that she is
not at all nervous over her husbands
forthcoming adventure.
Il am travelling 10000 miles to make
q fight of less than 5000 miles," Ellis
worth said, but believe it is one of
the most important exploration trips
left to be made, and have every con-
f1dence in its success"
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