BYRD EXPEDITION

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 121, 15 February 1935, Page 10

BYRD EXPEDITION

Ships Expected to Call at Dunedin RETURN FROM ANTARCTIC Dominion Special Service. Dunedin, February 14. Although no definite advice has been received from Rear-Admiral Byi'd, it is practically certain that his expedition ships will call at Dunedin on their way back from the Antarctic. This is supported by the fact that a radio message received early this week by a member of -the firm of H. L. Tapley and Co., from Mr. Harold June, chief of the aviation section of the expedition, stated that the Jacob Ruppert and Bear of Oakland were steaming north, and that Mr. June expected to meet his Dunedin friends very shortly. Other private radio messages received by citizens from members of the expedition also indicate that the ships will call at Dunedin. The Jacob Ruppert, carrying the bulk of the expedition personnel and equipment, cleared the Bay of Whales on February 8, and as the voyage from the Antarctic usually occupies 12 days, tlie vessel should reach this port on February 20. If the Jacob Ruppert is not towing the Bear of Oakland the latter ship will probably not arrive here until about the end of next week. Radio messages have been forwarded by Mr. J. H. Duncan, manager of Tapley and Co., to Rear-Admiral Byrd, inquiring the destination of the expedition-' ships, but no reply has yet been received from the leader.