Mystery of North Sea Will Be Lure Many Explorers
Byrd and Wade Will Lead American Expeditions Into Ice Bound North
NEW YORK, March 1 (AP)—The urge that sent Hendrik Hudson battling through polar seas in 1807 in search of a northwest passage to the spice islands of the east today still stirs the blood of modern explorers who seek to solve the mysteries of the northern seas.
At least six expeditions hope this summer to reach the north pole, or to find new lands hidden away in the fields of unknown ice.
Four other purely scientific expeditions will penetrate far into the north. Commander Richard E. Byrd and Lieutenant Leigh Wade will lead the American expeditions.
The Cordele Dispatch and Daily Sentinel, Cordele, GA, March 1, 1926