International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1930)

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1407 than 240,000 square kms. were photographed and the area flown over was about 17,700 kins. On December 2nd the two vessels reached the barrier of Ross Sea. The " City of New York " cast anchor there and the " Eleanor Boiling ", after unloading, set out on her homeward journey. On December 28th, near Framheim (the base of the 1911-12 expedition), the party set about constructing the Polar village of Little America in about 770 25' latitude. It was built to accommodate 42 men — 42 heroes who knew that they would have to live there cut off from the rest of the world for months on end, their only connection with the outside world the wireless. The first flights were made on January 15th, 1929, in the direction of Discovery Bay, which offered a large and completely unknown area for useful exploration. Many vessels had already pushed as far as Discovery Bay and Whale Bay, but none had ventured along the Barrier between these two points. A few days later Byrd espied and flew over the Rockefeller Mountains and, on February 18th, the land to which he gave the name of Mary Byrd. After a number of mishaps, the most serious of which was the destruction by storm of a big Fokker - the geological mission very nearly perished and was only saved through Byrd's own heroism — the first flight of the new season had as its goal the South Pole itself. The undertaking was extremely difficult partly owing £ .fggpmniiui ' i ' 1 Braf) ■ : ■ iiJnfflBPfffll * a %r fm ii 9 is w® ■.. >-■?■. &>'..> jy .*-».•• ■ t '^EM ' 3& / , ',? ■'.•' / :!■• J"*%^ Admiral Byrd at Little America Camp. to the distance to be covered and partly because of the high mountains in the way. Towards the end of November a forced landing led to the discovery of the Charles Bob Mountains. The flight to the South Pole started on November 28th at 3.29 p. m. on the three — engined " Floyd Bennet " — the name of Byrd's brave companion on his North Pole flight who met with an untimely death. The party were back in camp the next day after a flight of 17 h. 39 m. The goal had been reached, the Pole being crossed exactly at midnight. On its outward route, the " Floyd Bennet " flew over the Seir glacier, to the right of Axel Heilberg and then headed directly for the South Pole. On the return journey the machine was able to land on the Barrier at the foot of the mountains, near the petrol store. Further flights followed. On December 5th the explorers discovered fresh mountain ranges and the existence of a tongue of land covered with a crust of ice between Weddell Sea and Ross Sea. One of the highest mountains he discovered, Byrd christened Paramount to symbolise the alliance between two vital elements in modern life — aviation and cinematography. Geological investigation resulted in the discovery of vast deposits of copper, radiological substances and other valuable minerals. The filming and sound-recording of this voyage of discovery and exploration have