BYRD EXPEDITION
FINAL PREPARATIONS
AMERICA IN ANTARCTICA
BOSTON, September 25,
Admiral Byrd's supply ship, Bear of Oakland, underwent its final preparations today before starting for the South Polar regions tomorrow. Foodstuffs and scientific instruments have been placed aboard, and the clearance papers have been issued.
The expedition's flagship, Pacific Fir, has been renamed Jacob Euppert, in honour of the New York baseball magnate and brewer, who is ono of tho expedition's principal sponsors. Admiral Byrd will leave on the Jacob Euppert in about a week. He expects to overtake the Bear of Oakland long before she reaches the base at Dunedin, the voyage to which is expected to require about two months.
According to dispatches from Washington, the Post Office Department announced that a post office "will be established in Antarctica called "Little America." This is. one of the first official acts recognising the territory explored by Admiral Byrd. as a United States possession.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1933, Page 7
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