ELLSWORTH AND KENYON SAFE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 4599, 21 January 1936, Page 1

ELLSWORTH AND KENYON SAFE.

FORCED LANDING ON ICE,

New York, January 18.

Messrs Lincoln Ellsworth and H. Holliclc-Kenyon, who were found alive and well at Little America by the research ship Discovery 11, have now been taik'en aboard the ship. •In a copyright message to the North American Newspaper Alliance, transmitted from the Discovery H. by radio, Mr Ellsworth states: —

“At last the trans-Antarctic flight has been accomplished but ' not without some difficulty. We were forced to land four times on the way, and once were held up seven days, for three days of which a blizzard raged. On previous landings we were delayed for two days owing to bad visibility and snowstorms. Finally our fuel became exhausted and we were forced to land about 25 miles from Little America. After four days of futile efforts to communicate with the outside world we proceeded by sledge to Little America, where we found the radio shack in first-class condition and there we lived comfortably until yesterday, when the roar of an aeroplane let us know- our lonely wait was over.”

“Shortly after 4.15 p.m. G-.M.T. on the day we started we realised that the radio had failed, but there was nothing we could do but continue our flight. After passing the mountains of Hearst Land, we fie-w at an altitude of 10,000 feet over a high plateau with isolated mountains at intervals. Then these gave way! to an unbroken plateau. At 4.45 p.m. G-.M.T. I dropped the Stars and Stripes on hitherto unclaimed teiwitory.

“For three hours we flew over mountains and at 9.5 p.m. ran into bad visibility and reduced our altitude of 6,400 feet. Finally we were forced to lond, our position being latitude 79.12, longitude 104.10. Later the weather cleared, and late in the afternoon of November 24 we wanned the engine and took off, but after half an hour in the air were forced to land, our position being bility. “•Several other attempts to proceed to Little America likewise failed until December 5, when we took off and flew toward our objective. We had almost sighted the Bay of Whales when the fuel which had served us so well, finally gave out. We fixed our position at latitude 78.45 degrees and longitude 163.36 degrees. After four days of working with the "radio apparatus we packed our hand-sledge and tramped the few miles to Little America. Since then we have been busy correlating the data gathered on the flight. We have been most hospitably treated by Lieutenant Hill and the officers of'the Royal Research Society’s ship Discovery H and are enjoying the comforts of civilisationl once again.”