Over the South Pole

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CLUES > EXPLORE GREAT MOUNTAIN THROW SACK CLEAR FOOT REACH END

In 1929, three years his first flight over North Pole, the American R.E. Byrd successfully flew the South Pole for first time. Though at Byrd and his men able to take a many photographs of the that lay below, they ran into trouble. At point, it seemed certain their plane would crash. could only get over mountains if it rose 10.000 feet. Byrd at ordered his men to out two heavy food . The plane was then to rise and it the mountains by 400 . Byrd now knew that would be able to the South Pole, which 300 miles away, for were no more mountains sight. The aircraft was to fly over the white plains without difficulty.

144 / 28 / 9
PASS = 18
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