BYRD PERPETUATES NAMES OF FRIENDS IN NEW DISCOVERY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6808, 11 January 1929, Page 7

BYRD PERPETUATES NAMES OF FRIENDS IN NEW DISCOVERY

Floyd Bennett Harbour CAPE CALLED APTEE COMMANDER RODGERS SLEDGING TO THE BASE. tfnlted Press Association —By Electrie Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 11.15 p.m. BAY OF WHALES, Jan. 9. Commander Byrd has named the harbour he recently discovered as Floyd Bennett harbour, in honour of his memory and the cape which marks its northern. entrance, as Oape J ohn Bodgers, after the commander who was Byrd’s friend and one of the Navy’s first aviators who gave his life to aviation. 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. The centre forms a perfect landing field, which will bo used by planes only in 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 Floyd Bennett, the Commander intimated that if he gets into unknown regions at a later date, he will probably give to another of the new discoveries the name of the flyer, who was to have been his coleader on the Antarctic expedition. Mr Owen concludes his dispatch: We now have 11 dog teams on the ico and with men hauling, are getting to thr base at the rate of five tons dSily. Wilkins’ Expedition 'OG PEEVENTS ANY LAND ' EXPLORATION. [Copyright.] Received Thursday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 9. Sir Herbert Wilkins states: “The weather is colder and the surface harder. We hope to take off on the land, using skis, but the atmosphere is at present unfavourable for exploration. Fog renders visibility very poor. We tried yesterday to bear Byrd’s station, but without success.’’