ANTARCTIC FLYERS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1935, Page 9

ANTARCTIC FLYERS

LOCATION OF FOOD DEPOTS

ADVICE BY RADIO

United Press Association—By Electric Tele-

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NEW YORK, November 25.

The North American Newspaper Alliance's correspondent at Dundee Island says that there is still no word from Messrs. Lincoln Ellsworth and HollicMCenyon, and the party here can only wait by the radio and hope that by this time the Polar Star has arrived safely at the Bay of Whales.

A study of messages received from the craft on the day she departed indicated that she penetrated further into the unknown interior of the Antarctic in one journey than any other explorer since Shackleton's dash towards the Pole in 1908-1909, probably further, as the last message reported that all was well and that they were flying easily, by which time they had gone more than 400 miles into the absolute unknown and his observations of mountain ranges, plateaus, and valleys contributed a great amount of valuable information. Undoubtedly he passed into unclaimed territory beyond the eightieth meridian, but until his complete notes are received it is impossible to say how much more he discovered. If his departure had been postponed, probably he would still be here, as there has been a succession of fogs,' snow squalls, and lowhanging clouds.

Acting on the possibility that Ellsworth may be able to receive radio communications even if he cannot send them, Mr. Rawson, Rear-Admiral Byrd's navigator, sent a message to Dundee Island giving the location of food depots cached by the Byrd expedition along the route the lost explorers might take if the aeroplane is disabled. According to Mr. Rawson's calculations, the Polar Star may have reached the vicinity of Mt. Maybelle Sidley, and he therefore outlined the route from there to Little America, including the positions of food.