PREPARING FOR SPRING

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 17 September 1934, Page 5

PREPARING FOR SPRING

Byrd’s Aeroplanes Being Dug Out at Little America MACHINES EMBEDDED IN ICE 200 TONS TO BE REMOVED (United Prens Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 2 p.m. to-day. NEW YORK, Sept. 16. A message from Little America states that the work of removing the expedition’s aeroplanes from the sncw arid ice iiangars, is keeping all hands busy. The monoplane, Miss America, ha<s been hauled out and will hie taken for a test flight in a few days, preparatory to the spring exploration) scheduled to start early in October. The work of releasing the great bi-plane, having an eiglity-two feet wing spread is started. It is estimated that two hundred tons of solid ice must be cut away, which probably will require a fortnight.

British Arctic Party Returns

ONLY SUCESSFUL EXPEDITION

(United Pie* Association—Bv Electric Telegrapu Copyright.) Received 2.30 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Sept. 16. A “Times’’ copyright message from the Lindsay expedition at Angmagsalik, says that the expedition embarked on the Scottish fishing vessel Jacinth, going to Aberdeen. Ice conditions becoming worse, it was feared that they would be obliged to remain in Greenland for another year.

A; French expedition, under M. Charcot, failed to penetrate the pack of ice, while Count Bonzi’s Italian expedition was also unsuccessful. It is gratifying that the British expedi. tion succeeded in reaching the common objective. It reached unexplored country behind the east coast of Greenland without a depot supporting the party over a thousand miles of sledging.