GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



a plane was wrecked in the mountains, marooning 

 party in bad weather until rescued on March 19. 

 During March and October depot laying for geo- 

 logical trip to Queen Maud Range accomplished. 

 This party, which was out from November 4, 1929 

 to January 19, 1930, served as supporting party 

 for the South Pole flight, provided weather reports, 

 and mapped 175 miles of the front of Queen Maud 

 Range. Flight made to the base of these moun- 

 tains November 18, 1929 to lay gasoline depot. 

 Byrd made South Pole flight on November 29 and 

 30, 1929, by way of Liv Glacier pass. On December 

 5, a flight eastward resulted in discovery of Edsel 

 Ford Ranges and Marie Byrd Land. The City of 

 New York reached Bay of Whales on February 18, 

 1930 after a stormy passage from New Zealand; 

 entire expedition departed next day. 



1929-30. British and United States expedition. 

 Leader: Sir Hubert Wilkins. Ships: Whaling ships 

 and the William Scoresby. 



Summary: Sponsored by American Geographical 

 Society, William Randolph Hearst, British Colonial 

 Office, Detroit Aviation Society, and other private, 

 public and commercial donors. Staff and supplies 

 transported from Montevideo to Deception Island 

 by whalers. Conditions being unsatisfactory at 

 Deception Island, the plane was put aboard the 

 William Scoresby and taken south along west 

 coast of Palmer Peninsula December 12, 1929. The 

 ship moved through Neumayer Channel and Bis- 

 marck Strait, then southwest along Adelaide 

 Island. Finding no ice suitable for taking off or 

 landing, the ship returned to Neumayer Channel 

 December 18. Next day Wilkins and pilot S. A. 

 Cheesman took ofT from the water and flew south 

 along the coast to Leroux Bay, where they crossed 

 Palmer Peninsula to Richthofen Valley on the east 

 coast before returning. The William Scoresby then 

 cruised southwestward along the pack to about 

 67°45'S., 75"30'W. From there two flights made 

 south on December 28 and 29, 1929. The first 

 ended in fog just short of Charcot Island, but 

 second encircled it in clear weather. The ship 

 then worked back to Deception Island for fuel. 

 The plane took off from Port Lockroy and flew over 

 De Gerlache Strait to Deception Island. Refueled, 

 the ship, with the plane, pushed southwestward 

 to edge of pack, in the neighborhood of 70°S., 

 100°W. Short flight from there January 30, 1930, 

 stopped by snow storm; longer flight made on 

 February 1 to 73''S., 101 °W. without seeing land. 

 Expedition then returned to Deception Island. 



1929-30. Norwegian expedition. 



Leader: Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen. Ship: Nor- 



vegia. 



Summary: Financed by Lars Christensen. The 

 Norvegia, after its party erected a hut on Bouve- 

 t0ya, met the Thorshammer from which were 

 transferred the captain, pilot, and two planes, and 

 work began on November 8, 1929. A second hut 

 was erected and Bouvet0ya photographed from the 

 air. The Norvegia then followed edge of pack east- 

 ward to north of Enderby Land in about 60°S., 

 55°E., from where on December 1 she began to 

 work south through the pack. On December 7, 

 plane flight from the ship made in about 64°21'S., 

 53°14'E. On another flight, from about 65°10'S., 

 49°30'E. on December 22, the plane landed south- 

 west of Cape Ann. The ship then retreated north 

 and west, taking coal from the Thorshammer on 

 January 4, 1930. Headed again for Enderby Land, 

 the Norvegia met the Discovery with Sir Douglas 

 Mawson on January 14. Next day she was stopped 

 by ice within sight of land, but flight made over 

 Ice Bay and westward, exploring coastal area be- 

 tween 40° and 50°E. Ship moved west to 44°E. 

 from where another flight was made southward. 

 After riding out gale, the Norvegia sailed westward 

 to Coats Land making series of oceanographic ob- 

 servations. On February 1, Gunnerus Bank dis- 

 covered. The Weddell Sea was entered on Febru- 

 ary 16. Seal Bay discovered on the 18th, and flight 

 made over Cape Norvegia and Princess Martha 

 Coast. Another flight made on February 20. The 

 ship rode out a gale for three days, then moved 

 north to about 69°28'S. before being forced east- 

 ward by the ice. She met the Thorshammer in 

 66°50'S., 12°00'E., took on coal, transferred planes, 

 and headed northward for Cape Town March 2, 

 1930. 



1929-31. British-Australian-New Zealand Antarc- 

 tic Research Expedition. 



Leader: Sir Douglas Mawson. Ship: Discovery. 

 Summary: Sponsored by Australian, New Zealand, 

 and British governments, Australian National Re- 

 search Council, MacPherson Robertson, and other 

 private, public, and commercial donors. The Dis- 

 covery left Cape Town October 19, 1929, sailing 

 southeastward with stops for scientific investiga- 

 tion at Possession, Kerguelen, and Heard Islands. 

 Banzare Bank discovered south of Heard Island. 

 On December 16, ice halted southward progress in 

 about 65°41'S., 79°30'E., and ship moved north and 

 west for a more favorable southing. The Discovery 

 pushed westward through storm and ice. Signs of 

 land appeared on December 26 in 66°57'S., 71°57'E., 

 and on the 31st a flight on which land was sighted 

 was made from the ship in 66°10'S., 65°10'E. Land 

 to the south sighted from ship on January 4, 1930, 

 and conflrmed by flight next day from 66°30'S., 

 61°07'E. This was named Mac-Robertson Coast. 

 Storms prevailed until January 12 when Kemp 

 Coast was sighted. Landing made on Proclama- 



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