60 Men to Make Another Attempt to Reach South Pole Chicago, Jan, 17
'The Polar aviator, Commander Byrd, is setting out' in September from New York in the ice-ship Sampson, which is at present being fitted up for the purpose at Tromso, in Norway, The expedition will comprise 50 to G0 men. They will take 100 dogs, with which they will establish bases and landing-grounds across the ice barrier, to within 1,000 miles of the South Pole.
The final fight will be one of 2,000 miles over an ice field believed never previously traversed:
Commander Byrd expects to return to the United States in June, 1929, but he may be compelled to remain in the Antarctic until June, 1930.—Reuter,
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