DISCOVERED BY BYRD

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 9, 11 January 1929, Page 7

DISCOVERED BY BYRD

IN THE BAY OF WHALES NAMED AFTER FRIEND (By Bussell Owen. —Wireless to "New ; York Times.") BAY OF WHALES, 9th Jan. Commander Byrd has named the harbour he recently discovered aB the Floyd Bennett Harbour, in honour of Bennett's memory, and the cape which marks its northern entrance as Cape John Eodgers, after the commander who was Byrd's friend and one of the navy's first aviators who gave his life to aviation. -, „■■:"' The harbour lies o'u the-western side of the Bay of Whales, about a mile and a half south.of Cape West. It is nearly two miles wide and seven miles deep. The centre forms a perfect landing field, which will be used by the aeroplanes only,, in case of emergency, as its distance from our main base, Little America, is . about six miles. ' . a ... When naming the harbour to-day in memory of his shipmate Floyd Bennett, the Commander intimated that if he gets into unknown regions at a later date : he will "..probably - give to another of the new discoveries the name of the flyer who was to have been his co-leader on the Antarctic expedition. We now have eleven dog teams on the ice, and with : the men hauling are getting material to-the base- at the rate of five- tons a day. . ■ . [Copyrighted 1928 by "New York Times" Company and "St. Louis Post-Dispatch." All rights for publication reserved ' throughout the world.]