FLIGHT ACROSS POLE

Grey River Argus, 10 February 1947, Page 4

FLIGHT ACROSS POLE

BYRD’S SHIPS LEAVE LITTLE A3IERICA

(Rec. 10.10). NEW YORK, Feb. 9.

Three thin-skinned ships, the Mount Olympus, Yancey, and Merrick, have sailed north from Little'America, and will act as weather stations outside the formidable Ross Sea ice pack. Rear-Admiral Byrd and 197 i len v ere left, behind in a tent town. Before Admiral Byrd evacuates ’he base about March 1, a flight across the South Pole region to explore an unknown stretch between Ross and Weddell Seas will be undertaken. One of six survivors of the flying boat which crashed on December 30 has had both legs amputated below the knee in an operation aboard the carrier Philippine Sen.