A CALL AT THE POLE
COMMANDER BYRD’S FLIGHT. STOP OF FOURTEEN MINUTES. (Pr»E« Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, May 27. (Received May 28, at 11 p.m.j^ “I stayed 14 minutes at the Pole,” declared Commander Byrd in an interview on his arrival, in London en route to America, ‘‘Beneath us was white snow covered with icepack, as far as we could see in every direction there was no sign of life anywhere. The temperature was just zero.” . He added that he was quite convinced he had reached the Pole from the findings of the sun compass which he was able to use continuously.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19802, 29 May 1926, Page 11
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104A CALL AT THE POLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 19802, 29 May 1926, Page 11
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