BYRD’S VIGIL
ALARM IN AMERICA. Received April 8. 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, April 6. Mr. Jacob Ruppert, one of the principal backers of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, after discussing the conditions with Captain Gjertson, radioed RearAdmiral Byrd urging him to abandon his plan to occupy the advance post through the winter night: “1 am veiy much worried about your personal safety and urge your return to the base,” stated his message. The first question Mr. Ruppert asked Captain Gjertson was: “Why is Byrd going down there all by himself?” The commander responded: “I don’t know, but the hut would have been a right fit for two men.” He explained that it had been the original plan to have two men to undertake the observations, but the delay caused by the difficulties of landing supplies had made this impossible.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 7
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