THE LONG NIGHT APPROACHES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19581, 30 March 1929, Page 15

THE LONG NIGHT APPROACHES.

i — — I BYRD EXPEDITION. { PREPARATIONS FOR WINTER. IBt RcssELt. Owen—Copyrighted IMS by New York Timee Conmaay snd fet. Louis "Post-Di3pat<-h."] (D.XITED PRESS ASSOCIATION— ET ELECTUC TET.£-IiI4rH—COPIBIGKT.) BAY OF WHALES, March 23. 1 lie gr*y twilight that comes before the- long winter night is settling o»or Antarctica. The sun rises only a short distance above the horizon and gi?es little heat. Most of the outside work is done. There will be shelter for everyone, and rooms where we may work or read and pass the days of darkness in comfort. A holidav has been declared, that tired muscles may be rested and energy renewed for the last days ot haid work. For three months the men have worked as they would never have worked under normal conditions, building the house and hauling the bulky, heavy material which accompanies aviation. It has been a herculean task. The Fairchild 'plane, the Stars and Stripes, is buried for the winter in a house of snow blocks, and the rord 'plane, the Floyd .Bennett, will be tucked awav on the nest, quiet day. The Fairchild has made its last flight for the season and now rests in its snow fort as safe as it had been run into the hangar. The Ford is ready is be stored in a dug-out of its own. Yesterday the last of the Barrier cache was'brought in. This consisted of material taken ashore while the Eleanor Boiling lay alongside the Barrier, and which was hauled towards the camp when the weather permitted. The last drums of gasoline and the last bags of coal were brought in yesterday, after they had been excavated from tons of snow. Everything about the camp lias been collected and placed in one pile. The weather is now less fickle. The dpvs are clear and Aid. with beautifully tinted sunsets and a brilliant, elongated moon of unfamiliar countenance.—Australian Press Association. [All Rights for publiction re?ervp<t thronshout th* World —Wireless to "New Tork Times."]