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Byrds Eye View (Wellington) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/1/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The above co-ordinates are bogus - dont go there unless you want to go fishing or swimming

This cache is celerbrating an officer in the US Navy - he learned to fly during World War I and was an Antarctic explorer. It was his wish to be the first person ever to fly over the South Pole.

There is an monument that is on top of Mount Victoria that celebrates his achievement



Answer the following questions to get to waypoint 1




E: What year was he born? The last digit.
F: What was the date of the day he attempted to fly over the North Pole which he was awarded the Medal of Honuor for the achievement?
O: How many ships were used in 1928 for his first expedition to the Antarctic?
G: The number of years to the year, he organise a project to discover and map large areas of Antarctic territory called Operation High Jump also during this mission, he made his second flight over the South Pole.
J: Which expedition did he organised, Operation Highjump which was his largest Antarctic expedition to date?
L: On the expedition his first one on which he had the official backing of the U.S. government. The project included extensive studies of geology, biology, meteorology and exploration. Within a few months, he was recalled to active duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The expedition continued in Antarctica without him. He headed important missions to the Pacific, including surveys of remote islands for airfields. On one assignment he visited the fighting front in Europe. He was repeatedly cited for meritorious service and was present at the Japanese surrender. On what number expedition was this, add the number 4 to this number
M: He spent winter months alone operating a meteorological station, Advance Base, from which he narrowly escaped with his life after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly-ventilated stove. Unusual radio transmissions from him finally began to alarm the men at the base camp, who then attempted to go to Advance Base. How many months was he there?
N: He was one of several aviators who attempted to win the Orteig Prize for making the first nonstop flight between the United States and France. His flight was sponsored by department-store magnate Rodman Wanamaker, an early visionary of Trans- Atlantic commercial flight. What year was this? added the first digit with the last digit.
AB: The famous flight to the South Pole and back was launched along with pilot, co-pilot/radioman , and photographer, flew the to the South Pole and back in hours, how many minutes?
H: How many hours did it take to do this return trip? Subtract the last number by the first number
K: Operation Highjump, was the largest Antarctic expedition to date. How many personnel were involved, First digit?
CD:What was the year of his death? The first digit and then the last digit
P: How many airplanes were used in his first expedition?

S: AB CD.EFP E: GHJ KL.MNO

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Now that you have refuelled and are all ready, go to you final location at a bearing of 181 degrees mag for a distances of 2244.094", there you will arrive at your final destination.

The final cache is a Camo 200ml Sistema container to keep it well hidden. Please replace as you found it. Once you have completed this cache please feel free to go and visit the momument as well as do all the nearby caches


Cache contains the following when it was released

A logbook and a pencil
Spinnig Top
Rugby Card
Dinosaur
Fish Pebble

CAUTION:

Management reserves the right to remove any logs and images giving away the final location, after all this is a puzzle cache. Don't spoil the fun for others. You have been warned!



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Punga and Paua / passepartout / funkymunkyzone J’N’K

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jurer n oveq jbhyq yvir

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)