IN NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 188, 11 August 1933, Page 8

IN NEW ZEALAND.

MR. ELLSWORTH'S PLANS.

"AMONGST ICE AND SNOW."

_Mr. Ellsworth, who is accompanied by his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. J. S. Ulmer, has not made up his mind where he will stay in New Zealand prior to leaving for Antarctica. He will probably go to National Park first. His idea js to De amongst the ice and snow practically all the time. "I have no desire to remain in the cities and towns," he said. "I will do as much mountain climbing as I can."

Mr. Ellsworth said he hoped to be able to assemble his 'plane on the Wyatt Earp. .'He would not have' quarters ashore if he could avoid it. He did not expect to be at the Bay of Whales longer- than two months. "We must get out before it freezes up," he said. If everything went well it was possible for him to be back in New Zealand in February. He would not go back to America in the Wyatt Earp, but would probably rejoin her ; at Panama. Mr. Ellsworth said that apart from himself, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Mr. Bernt Balchen and the radio man, the complement of the Wyatt Earp were all Norwegians with whaling experience in the Antarctic. "When we make onr dash," he said, "it will no doubt be at a time when the wind is blowing direct from the Pole. A south wind is the best for pur ve-ntnire." .