BAY OF WHALES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 150, 31 December 1928, Page 9

BAY OF WHALES

AMUNDSEN'S OLD BASE BYRD PARTY ARRIVES : INLAND •''■TBiP.v-PREPARED United Press Association—Bj Electric Tele- . ■ graph—Copyright.. ;.. '■: ' ... yulted Service. .. . (By EusaeU Owen.—Wireless to "New York Times.")v V ' '•■' BOSS SEA, 28th December. Our future home for the year lies just ahead,*,shrouded in a hazo;that conceals the end of the bay. We have just.tied up to bay ice, which is heavy and extends out many miles from Frainheim, Amundsen's old station, the place -near which•■ the expedition expects to. have its winter quarters. Commander Byrd, with Balehen,- Petersen,. andßramto, and two dog teams, driven by Walden and". Vaughan,'is, going inland in two or.three hours to 'try to iind a site for a baseband if possible try to locate Framheim. Wo: reached heroearly this morning and found it was im; possible to get more than a short distance into the bay, which is. usually ..not clear'of ice until about r a fortnight from now. . '; "... . ... '■PACKING DO3 SLEDS.'" ; "But the weather/is good,, and there is: a strong, tide, or current'breaking off parts of the ice continually," and it' may be possible "..to v ake considerable material ashore even.'before .the ice goes altogether. . Dogs aiid sleds, ..with large quantities "of stores, may. bo moved some time before1 we are able to get up :the. barrier,, whichI.is 'very low at this point. The dog'drivers:are busily packing" sleds with food "for a week, as well as> tents, sleeping bags, and radio outfit, so that if : tho,-'ships'; is .forced to put out by storm, they will be Me.to get along comfortably until, we ,ro'turn. The sleds are oil the 'ice alongside;,theship, ,-with nieir busily engaged .getting their gear together, on them,, so- that work ashore, may bo said:to have actually started. •Everyone is. elated at being here, 'and. also at the .calm weather, which has been predicted for "the. Bay of. Whales, but of which we had been .sceptical.', ■', "•■■'■•■'.'■ ■".■■'. :. . .■;■':■■' -6EIM, CHEERLESS LAND. ■'. ■The»e "is. an unusual, haze1.; over the ice, and, it, is impossible;.to see.more than 'a.; few miles.: YBeybnfl .that mysterious curtain ,of blue andjAyjiito. lies a..tremendous territory;Jjwhich is;tp, ; lie explored, and .it is about as fprbiddiug to-day in this, grey light asrcquldYbu imagined. It is a cheerless'place,' grim enough to discourage :.'the .most;;arclent real estate auctioneer. Cb'inmaiideivßyrd' expects tostay away for! a day, or"-two,----'and 1 our activities for ;the-,Vcxt. two weeks will depend largely, upon What he learns of the ice conditions on his1 long .trip;-inland;'.'■ The.' commander has. appointed!..'Larry. Gould,-geologist, second in command down-here, as Brophyy the, regular second; in command, is in; New Zealand. Gould is.popular on -the ship, and for the last week has been ready to supervise; the unloading, which will be a difficult'and possibly dangerous task it -.done on the bay-ice. ."' ■■"-,' .'■'..' [Copyriijhted 1928 by "New York Times" Com- ..: pany . and "St. Louis Post-Dispatch." All . rlghis :for publication • reserved throughout . the 'world.] •.. ".•"",. .; '...- ■.'.... '■„. :,