Evening star., 1934-01-23
|ELLSWORTH'S SHIP.
|SNEAR|NGDUNED|N.
Wyatt carp Is Expected to
Reach Port at Early Hour
Saturday.
BY DIR. LINCOLN ELLSWORTH,
Leader. Ellsworth Tranantarc.ie Flight
Expedition.

BY DIR. LINCOLN ELLSWORTH.
Leader. Ellsworth TranantaTe.ie Fnsht
Expedition.
BY Radio to The Star.
WYATT EARP. EN- ROUTE TO
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, January 23
(NAN.A).-We are at latitude 58:55
south, longitude 177:4s east. at noon
today and within . thousand miles of
Dunedin. II favorable weather holds,
we should be in port early Saturday
morning.
For two days after leaving the Bay
Of Whales we had strong wind from
the southeast, but this being in our
favor helped us on our way, and since
then we have had excellent weather.
Strange TO relate, We have seen no
pack ice on our return trip, although
on our way south we passed through a
belt Of ice more than 800 miles wide.
1t seems almost miraculous that SO
much ice has disappeared in IS days.
But we know from bitter experience
that changes in the ice, like everything
else in the Antarctic, can take place
with extraordinary rapidity.
Peaks Rise Into Air.
Two days ago we passed many ice
bergs, strung out like huge battleships
in line. There were more than SO of
them, averaging about mile apart
1t is dif1cult to say whether it was the
wind or the current which had inf1u-
enced their distribution. They had
been adrift for some time and the waves
had eaten into most of them, exposing
great caverns in the ice.
Some of them had obviously turned
turtle at no distant date and the over
turned bergs, with jagged peaks rising
40 to so feet high, were in great con-
trast to the fiat topped ones
which floated with the same exposure
they had when they left the barrier
A few of the overturned bergs resembled
high walled floating drydocks slightly
submerged and through which the
waves rolled from end to end.
As We approach New Zealand, and
activity among the crew. One after
another strange faces appear as thu
men decide to lop of their whiskers
some Of which had been growing stead
lily since We left Cape Town.
AS We no northward We miss the
continuous daylight which We expert.
enced while in the Antarctic. There
is now about six hours of darkness
and since the main lighting engine i.
out of commission, the auxiliary set Il
called upon to furnish electric light, as
well as service for the wireless.
Plane to BE Sent TO U. S.
The temperature increases noticeably
from day to day. The fresh-water pipes
have thawed and q few days Of steady
sea routine, after the strenuous time
at the Ross Barrier. have enabled the
crew to get the ship back to its Gus
tomary cleanness. Appetites fall as
the temperature rises. heavy underwear
is discarded and by the time We reach
Dunedin the whole Antarctic journey
will seem like dream.
But there will be a sharp reminder
when our airplane. the Polar Star,
damaged by the breaking up of the ice
in the Bay Of Whales. comes from the
hold to be Grated. in readiness to be
shipped back to America for repairs
I have decided to send the plane on q
passenger ship from Wellington to San
Francisco.
The Wyatt carp will first call al
Dunedin to discharge fuel oil, gasoline
and polar supplies for storage. and will
then take the plane to Wellington
While I am waiting developments
which will enable me to decide on fu-
ture plans. the ship will return tc
Dunedin and go into dry dock for sligh,
repairs to the rudder, which was twist
ed while we passed through the pack
ice, and for a general overhauling Of
the engine.
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Tines