EXPLORATION PROGRAMME
BYRD’S ACTIVITIES IN ANTARCTIC.
ADVENTUROUS FLIGHT PLANNED.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.10 p.m. Little America, June 26. From the Bolling advance base RearAdmiral R. E. Byrd to-day 1 radio announced the broad outline of his programme for geographical exploration and scientific research which the expedition will attempt during the spring and summer. It generally follows the plan mapped out bet—- the > -edition left the United States, with severa. important alteration made nece- j by the conditions.
One feature will be a long, adventurous flight eastward over the -’-ciatec tops of the Edsel Ford Range across the untravelled plateau which Rear-Admiral Byrd dimly saw during one of his 1929 flights. In the meantime a land party using dog team, nd tr~. will visit Edsel Ford Land and another will t-avel southward across the ice barrier to survey the Queen Maude mountain rar re.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1934, Page 5
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