Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 117

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C—GRAVURE SECTION—MAY 4, 1930. A weird night view as two members of the expedition ex- plore the formations of pressure ice in the Bay of Whales. A flare is held for the photograph. Joe Rucker, cameraman, mak- ing movies from a precarious perch on the City of New York A as the bark was towed through the Ross Sea ice pack by the Larsen. Digging one of the expedition’s planes out of the Winter snow. Admiral Byrd also went in for the shaved-head style at Little America. Some of the rare assortment of beards grown by members of the expedition. Joe Rucker is making a movie of the bearded clan. A crevasse in the barrier ice. These great cracks in the ice are probably the greatest haz- ard of the Antarctic explorer, for drift snow, too light to support a man'’s weight, often con- ceals them. G. Hamilton Black, known as “Blackie,” Russell Owen, correspondent for The yAAll photos copyright by New A view of Little America, showing the mess hall almost buried by surface snow. The the supply officer on the ice, was the back- Star and the New York Timss, whose Post Dispatch. flag came down only when the sun left. bone of all arguments and as scrappy as he daily news reports kept the world in touch looks. with the work and adventures of the ex- pedition.