SECOND ATTEMPT
•- :—■*. —-— ' TO RELIEVE BYRD
TRACTOR PARTY SETS OUT
WORD FROM ADMIRAL
fruited Tress Association—Bj Electric Tele- -' erapli— Copyright. . (Received' August 0, 2 -p.-nu) ■ ■••'•'■. NEW- YORK, August 5. A Little tractor party> in eluding DivPouiter and Messrs.-Waite, radio operator, and Demas, driver,: 6u Saturday began a second; attempt to reach Admiral Byrd's: advance base, the tractor dragging three runner sledgca astern with a, load of 374 gallons of petrol, which will be. distributed at various-depots*along the route for tfso ou the return trip. The party carried two months' rations because most,of the trail flags are buried under snovy, i and. Dr. Poulter. intends ...to. .resort strictly to navigation. ■■/■- . ; : , -. .. , Communication with Admiral Byrd was lost on July 20 and finally restored oii July 27,-. when ,the Admiral wirelessed saying that his.receiver wasnot functioning. .; - .'■■'■; . .■■•; t. :■•:.■ '.'• Being advised that a second attempt was being made to; bring him back, Byrd replied that, he -would■-.keep a light burning on top of the roof of. his hut, and also fly a kite carrying a' light.
! The temeperaturd was 13 degrees below zero when the tractor started, compared with 71 below, on the previous' start. - The sky is overcast;,but clearness is forecast. ; '•'
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 10
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196SECOND ATTEMPT Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 10
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