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The expeditionвЂ™s published agenda was changed once again when it was decided to send a very large party northeastward under LakeвЂ™s command. During this same period, many supplies and barrels of fuel were airlifted by the others up to the Beardmore camp. This expedition lasted from January 11th through the 18th, and was scientifically successful and marred only by the loss of two dogs in an accident while crossing a pressure ridge. Therefore, instead of flying west on the 10th of January as planned, the party remained where it was while Lake, Pabodie, and five others set out via sled to probe overland into unknown lands. The public also received word during this period that Lake, the biologist, campaigned strongly for an expedition to the northwest before moving the base camp. The published plan for the expedition at this point was to move the entire operation eastward another 500 miles in mid-January, for the purpose of establishing once and for all whether Antarctica was one continent or two. Several other observation flights were made to points of less noteworthiness during the week before and after. On January 6, 1931, Lake, Dyer, Pabodie, Daniels, and ten others flew directly over the South Pole in two aircraft, being forced down once for several hours by high winds. Many fascinating fossil finds were made using the drill rig. Using four of the aircraft, the fifth being held in reserve at the barrier camp, the party established a second base camp on the Polar Plateau beyond the top of the Beardmore Glacier (Lat 86d7m Long E174d23m) and did a lot more drilling and blasting in that vicinity.Дuring December 13вЂ“15, 1930, Pabodie, Gedney, and Carroll climbed Mt.

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Erebus and other local sights, the land party, consisting of 20 men and 55 dogs plus gear, assembled a semi-permanent camp on the barrier not far away and readied their five big Dornier aircraft for flight. After several tests of the drilling gear and trips to Mt. The expedition landed at Ross Island in the Ross Sea. Most of the following came to the world via the Arkham AdvertiserвЂ™s powerful radio installation at Kingsport Head, Massachusetts. From September 1930 to January 1931, anyone with an interest in Antarctic exploration listened eagerly to reports from the Dyer-Lake expedition.

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