Evening star., 1935-03-01
ELLSWORTH EAGER
TOEXPL0RE AGAIN
Back in New York, He Plans
to Return Next Fall
to Antarctic.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to Inc Star'
NEW YORK, March l (N.A.N.Ao.-
Lincoln Ellsworth, back in New York
only two days, after months in the
Antarctic, is eager to be of exploring
again. Both the Arctic and Antarctic
appeal to him.
Mr.. Ellsworth revealed he has ten
tative plans prepared for a return to
the Antarctic next Fall, with the hope
that early in November or possibly
In late October he can make his cher
ished fight across the Antarctic con-
tinent, from the Weddell to the Ross
Sea. Bad weather baked the pro-
jected flight this year.
The other expedition Mr.. Ellsworth
has in mind-and for which he says
he has no definite plans-is an ex-
ploration flight from a point near the
mouth of the Mckenzie, on Canada S
Arctic shore. across the North Pole
to the mouth of the Lena River IN
Siberia.
Balchen Is Uncertainty.
Whether his pilot on his Antarctic
expedition, Bernt Balchen, who flew
Admiral Byrd to the South Pole, is
to be available for more polar expe-
ditions, Mr.. Ellsworth does not know.
Balchen arrived in New York Thurs
day aboard the Western World of the
Munsen Line, with DR.. Francis Dana
Conan, surgeon of the expedition,
and Walter c. j. LAM, radio operator.
The famous Norwegian flyer, wind
burned and tanned, had little to say
concerning the expedition beyond
stating that bad weather hindered
the flyers and prevented them from
attaining their objectives. After a
test flight, a connecting rod in their
engine gave way.
MIR. Ellsworth wirelessed the New
York Times and a new part was flown
down by an-American AirWays to
Santiago, Chile Thence a Chilean
army plane flew the rod to Magel-
lanes, close to the tip of South Ameri-
ca, where the sturdy Wyatt carp,
the expeditions supply ship, picked
it up. The Wyatt carp travelled 900
miles north from Snowhill Island for
that bit of steel and 900 miles back
to the crippled airplane.
Silent on Plans.
As to his immediate plans, MIR.
Ellsworth would say little. He has
not yet finished going over the mail
and gifts that arrived in his absence,
and letters and boxes are piled high
in his quarters at the Metropolitan
Club. Among them he has found one
item he prizes. an old polished shot
gun formerly owned and used by the
famous frontier marshal, Wyatt carp.
for whom he named his supply ship.
Mrs. carp sent me that from her
home in Oakland" he said. Il saw
her and talked with her concerning
her husband before I sailed last year.
I think carp was one of the most
remarkable men in our history. I
have admired him ever since I was
o boy"
Other boxes contain number of
fossils gathered on the small VOL
canic islands bordering the Antarctic.
These will be turned over to the
American Museum of Natural History
for study and as exhibits.
Within a month Mr.. Ellsworth and
his wife will go to Europe, probably
to Switzerland, and plans for further
expeditions will wait until after their
vacation. If the explorer decides to
return to the Antarctic he plans to
fly direct to South America on the
Graf Zeppelin during the Summer,
ref1t his ship at Montevideo and set
sail from there.
Balchen plans to go to Los Angeles
within few days. He will then re-
turn to New York and sail for Nor
way, where his wife and son have
been living. He has been engaged by
a Norwegian air transport company
to aid in the start of new airline
and this will take some time. Then
with his family he plans to return
to the United States.
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