MR ELLSWORTH HONOURED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21760, 17 April 1936, Page 13

MR ELLSWORTH HONOURED

Stars And Stripes In The Antarctic

VAST TERRITORY CLAIMED (UNITND FBISS ASSOCIATION—COPTNIGNT.) (Received April 16, 8.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 15. Both in accepting the Hubbard medal of the National Geographic Society from Mr Roosevelt, and afterwards in a lecture before the society on his recent Antarctic trip, Mr Lincoln .Ellsworth to-night reiterated that the most important incident of his trip across the Antarctic was the raising of the Stars and Stripes in that territory of 350,000 square miles—a vast untamed land and the last unclaimed territory on the earth.

Mr Ellsworth explained that his flight uncovered new evidence that the Andes mountains of the South American continent continue under the sea to the Antarctic, and may extend across the south polar continent, and tended to confirm the belief that the Antarctic is a single continent, and not divided by a frozen strait as some explorers thought. He expressed the opinion that the vast expanse of the Antarctic ocean could be charted and explored by the use of aeroplanes to carry supplies and slea dogs to inland bases. He expressed thanks to Admiral Byrd and the directors and crew of the Discovery. Dr. Grosvenor, president of the society, described Mr Ellsworth as a “world discoverer who exemplifies the finest traditions of science, modesty, resource, and valour.” Mr Roosevelt, in making the presentation, said: “The occasion is one of greater pleasure to me because it is a reminder that the world still holds high adwenture for those who have the spirit to seek it." The medal is inscribed: “For heroic and extraordinary achievements in the Arctic and Antarctic.”