BYRD EXPEDITION
COMMANDER OF JACOB RUPPERT ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) NEW YORK. sth April. Commander Ojertsen returned from New Zealand to-day bringing the first personal information tc Byrd headquarters hero of tie progress of the expedition previously to ilia departure with the Jacob- Rapport from Little America, lie, described the difficulties in unloading supplies at the Ice Barrier, and the aerial explorations that proved some 200,000 square mile, of area between King Edw.-.rd VII. end Graham's Land was an ice-covered ocean. He said when he saw Byrd on 6th February Bryd was in splendid physical condition. “It is just as well because seven months’ isolation in a small hut at the advanced base calls for great physical insistence as well as undaunted, courage, which the Admiral possesses. Commander Gjertsen is proceeding home to Norway for a vacation, returning to Little America in ri>c autumn to evacuate the expedition.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 7 April 1934, Page 7
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