THE LONG NIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1934, Page 9

THE LONG NIGHT

ANTARCTIC WINTER

BYED TO BIDE ALOXE

FAR FROM LITTLE AMERICA

TENANT OF ADVANCE BASE

United Tress Association—Uy . Electric Telograpli—CopjriEbt. ':. (Received March 29, 9 a.m.)* LITTLE AMERICA, March 27. Admiral Byrd will soon be the sole occupant of the expedition's winter advance base on'the Ross Ice Barrier, 123 miles south of here. It is his intention to spend the winter night tlierc alone in a one-room shack. He flew to the winter base last Thursday, and has since been directing operations and settling down. i: ; -- It is unlikely that he will return before the end of October. 'Excessively low temperatures, winter night darkness, sudden storms, : and 'the hazards of navigating crevasses along the trail would make an interim return or relief expeditions to him a formidable undertaking. He has been coached.in radio communication and meteorological observations, and will operate both' instruments. However, he has issued a warning against concern if he fails to communicate. "I am no radio operator so the radio will/probably faiL,' I lioperthat no one will make anything of what I< am about,to do., lam doing it because I am anxious'to do it, arid am Making no sacrifice of any kind whatever."' Byrd-will. be amply provided with food and fuel, so long as lie uses at economically, and the shack is warm, and as nearly fireproof as human ingenuity can make it. Dr.. Poulter, senior scientist,■:. will command 55 men at Little 'America during Admiral Byrd's absehcel, ' '