BYRD IN ANTARCTIC
PARACHUTIST'S BIG LEAP
SLEDGE PARTIES' DIFFICULTIES (Received November 4, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 3 A wireless message from the Byrd Antarctic expedition at Little America states: — The expedition's giant biplane was given a final test flight to-day with ]?ear-Admiral Byrd on board to observe the flying qualities of the craft, which is to be. used on most of the long-range explorations. Earlier, Mr. June had taken the biplane a short distance over the Ross Sea for aerial photographs of the condition of the ice which still covers the sea.
Mr. Bernard Skinner, formerly an Army parachute jumper, made a jump from 4000 ft. above Little America to "relieve the. monotony. He landed roughly, but without accident. The latest news from the three expeditions in the field is not reassuring. The tractor and sledge parties are findins difficulty in charting a safe passage through the crevasses at latitude SI south. Admiral Byrd has instructed them to retreat to the north and endeavour to find a safe passage to the east.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21949, 5 November 1934, Page 9
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