The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-01-16
LOCAL KRIS. REPORTERS HEAR
NOTED EXPLORER IN INTER-
ESTING, EDUCATIONAL
TALK AT WALLA
WALLA

This is the Byrd Expedition as
shown by the moving pictures and
explained by Admiral Byrd in per-
son at the Capitol Theatre in Walla
Walla.
Admiral Byrd was introduced by
Mr.. Kites of the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce. Mr.. Byrd is very in
teresting man and has the best
of qualities which concludes to his
success. His explanation of the
pictures was a very interesting talk.
He has the power of making every
body at ease and he made the lee
ture a very interesting one.
The popularity of Admiral Byrd
was shown by the crowd that block
ed the sidewalk for a whole block
in front of the theatre.
The impression that he gave to
the people when he stepped out on
the stage was one of friendship and
as if he were one of them. He i'm
mediately put them at ease.
He is a good looking man about
six feet tall and we'll built. You can
readily see the reason why he is a
success by his friendship with the
other men.
This is what the pictures and his
explanation showed.
After three years of careful prep
aration by his staff so they would
not miss an article, everything was
set. They had to take four and a
half tons of food, consisting of AGO.
600 different articles. They took
down with them $50 Eskimo dogs
because they were a great help in
travel even tho they had tractors
and planes. AS an experiment they
had taken along cows and three
chickens. On the way down bull
was born and was promptly named
Iceburg. The funny thing about the
calf is that when returned to the
States it refused to eat grass as it
and never seen any.
Admiral Byrd carefully explained
South America is having a sim.
liar ice. age as North America had
about 5000 years ago. The south pole
is much colder and windier than
the North Pole, which explains the
scarcity of life in the Antartic re-
gion. Life comes only in the sum-
mer, except in the case of the pen
quins which are always near the
coast. IL ..-..- tz.ss H., Il. ii.
Upon arriving near their destin-
alton they saw the largest iceburg
ever seen. It was Is miles long and
200 feet high. While cruising around
looking things over Byrd made a
10000 mile plane trip which helped
take the name "unexplored terri.
tory" off of the map. ..=s
They unloaded the ships and
watched them sail away back to
civilization, leaving them for two
years. A funny thing happened.
Only one man got sick and had to
return to the States with the ships.
He was the doctor! OF course anoth-
er doctor was shipped in.
All was ready and they pushed
on to Little America. They were not
sure whether they could find it or
not, but upon reaching the spot
where it should have been they saw
the radio towers. They knew where
the houses should be and after dig
ging they found everything in tip
top shape as they had left it in
1929. It was so cold the things did
not have a chance to decay. Those
houses were showed under SO far
they had to tunnel to get to them.
They also dug out the plane which
they had abandoned in 1929. After
they had cleaned the snow and ice
from the motor it started perfectly.
After they had nearly completed
all the houses at Little America
which they were building, a storm
sprang up and everyone had to
work at covering things up in
weather which sometimes was Is
or 80 degrees below zero. While go
ing through the tunnels and houses
of 1929 one of the men found some
whale meat which was good even
though it had been there for six
years.
Many of the exploring trips were
made by plane and maps were made
of the country by photograph. One
of these trips they found a noun
tain range which extended about
1000 feet above the snow and show
ed by the way they lay they may
have been an extension to the
Andes. On another of these trips
they found a petrified forest and
also some blades of frozen grass
proving it was warm or possibly
tropical once in this vicinity. On
a third trip they came upon a
mountain of coal sufficient to sup
ply the world for 100 years. As
one of the planes was taking of
on one of these trips it crashed, in
juring three persons, although not
seriously.
The six months night was ap-
preaching SO they had to get thell
advance base set up. This was q
small village set up 100 miles away
used for scientific research. They
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