BYRD EXPEDITION

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 12

BYRD EXPEDITION

HURRIED DEPARTURE

SHIPS LEAVE BAY OF WHALES

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(Received February 7,2.30 p.m.)

ABOARD THE JACOB RUPPERT,

February 6.

Today at 5.25 p.m. the flagship, Jacob Ruppert departed from the Bay ot Whales and is now proceeding westward along the front of the tall whitecliffs of the Ross Barrier, bound for Discovery Inlet, where a brief stop will be made to collect live penguins. The Bear of Oakland is serving as .« guide. Last evening the Jacob Ruppert was obliged to withdraw from her loading berth. A series of minor ice falls from the barrier face in the narrow bight, together with the development of a crack through the area used as a dock, persuaded Captain Gjertsem tnat.it was no'longer prudent to hold a steel ship there, whereupon the Bear of Oakland nosed into the bight to load the stores left by the flagship. At 8.30 this; morning the Bear of Oakland joined the Jacob Ruppert to tranship vfhe, cargo/ .finishing at x 5:20 p.m. Remaining onV the' beach ' were'I*'1 *' two tractors, two snow mobiles; empty gasoline idrums, and odds and ends which had been abandoned. ' Great risk attended the loading of one tractor on, to the Bear of Oakland. The aeroplanes had been stripped of their long wings and rid of their engines to make for ease in handling. The miscellaneous aspect of the cargo speaks of the hurry of the evacuation. Admiral Byrd complimented the officers and men for the speed of embarkation executed in a "spirit that is splendid. I have never seen men work harder than you fel« lows."