MYSTERIES OF THE ANTARCTIC
BYRD EXPEDITION’S DIFFICULTIES MORE EVIDENCE OF TWO CONTINENTS United Press Association—By Electrlo , Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 19, 9.15 p.m.) LITTLE AMERICA, Nov. 19. The expedition’s biplane, this time in charge of Harold June, made a second flight to the Antarctic wastes in an effort to find a safe passage for the tractor party from Culdesac in the crevasses traversing the 81st parallel. After an aerial survey of the area, which required about six hours, June returned and reported that it was seemingly impossible for the tractors to continue further. In fact, it appeared fortunate that they went as far as they did without misfortune. The tractors will probably be recalled, but even returning to the base will be difficult. June declared that the second flight further substantiated the conclusions that Rear-Admiral Byrd reached that the continent was divided by a sea level passage. More unique crevasse formations were found that positively indicate a trans-continental seaway.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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158MYSTERIES OF THE ANTARCTIC Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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