ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
RUSSIAN PROPOSALS. 'AT. ~ ®c. _ _ - _■ .
[BY CABLE PRESS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.] •' j- • .o-r -■ y-w — .qraYctrafflCTf (Reed. January 3. 1 p.m.) MOSCOW, January 2. Mikhail Vodopianov, chief pilot of Schmidt’s Polar expedition, in an article in the "Pravda,” discloses that the proposed Antarctic expedition in 1938 will sail aboard the new icebreaker Josef Stalin, with five twoengined planes and three years’ provisions.
Following Admiral Byrd's route, they will organise a base at Luitpold Land, from where they will make a non-stop flight to the South Pole, carrying five meteorologists, other members, and equipment, enabling the establishment of a weather station, similar to that on the North Polar icefloe. They will remain, there a month, and will establish radio communication with Moscow, whereby they will broadcast their experiences four times daily.' ~ —
The plans include 70 survey flights, for the purpose of mapping the South Polar region. Vodopianov will be tlie leader of the expedition. The other aims include further expeditions in. the Arctic, and a round-the-world flight from Moscow, travelling eastward, in 82 hours.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 January 1938, Page 12
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