IN THE ANTARCTIC

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 January 1929, Page 5

IN THE ANTARCTIC

NEW HARBOUR NAMED.

AT LITTLE AMERICA. WORK OF THE EXPEDITION. •* By Russell Owen, copyrighted, 1928; by the "New York Times” company and “St. Louis Post and Despatch.” All rights for publication reserved through the world. Wireless to “New York Times.” BAY OF WHALES, Jan. 9. Commander Byrd has named the harbour he recently discovered as Floyd Bennett Harbour, in honour of the memory of Captain Floyd Bennett, who was killed in the States, and the cape which marks its northern entrance as Cape John Rodgers, alter the commander who was Byrd’s friend and one of the navy’s first aviators, states Mr. Russel Owen, the pressman with the Byrd expedition. The harbour lies on the western side of the Bay of Whales, about a mile and a half south of Cape West. It is nearly two miles wide and seven miles deep. Th© centre forms a perfect landing field, which will be used by planes only in the case of emergency, as its distance from the main base,

Little America, is about six miles. When naming the harbour to-day in memory of his shipmate. Captain I loyd Bennett, the commander intimated that if lie gets into the unknown regions at a later , date lie will probably give to another of his new. discoveries tlio name of the flier who was to have been his co-leader on the Antarctic expedition. “AYe have now eleven dog teams on the ice, and with tlic men hauling we are getting to the base at the rate of five tons daily,” concludes the message from Mr. Owen