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Leaving Kings Bay the Italia sailed over a freely moving sea, unhampered by ice; headed north over the Franz Josef Archipelago for Tepliz Bay. Here the Sella Polare, the Duke of Abruzzi's ship, once wintered, here Francesco Querini heroically lost his life in the Cegni polar expedition of 1909, here in loyal commemoration Nobile dropped a symbol of St. Mark upon the ice. Low over the ice flew the Italia, through a dense fog, into a head wind, its speed cut to 40 miles, ice forming on its sides. Gradually the air cleared, visibility improved. Lenin Land, discovered...
...Fridtjof Nansen, famed Norwegian polar explorer, winner of the Nobel Peace Award in 1922, and repeatedly Norwegian Delegate to the League of Nations, landed from the Aquitania last week, to lecture before the National Geographical Society and then return within a fortnight to Norway. Growled he: "The most valuable vehicle for scientific polar exploration is still the dog sled. Airplanes and dirigibles fly too swiftly...
...Wilkins was second in command of my polar expedition which began in 1913," said Stefansson. "The significance of his recent flight lies in the fact that he has demonstrated the feasibility of transpolar flights. Meteorologists have long recorded the comparative absence of fogs and storms in the Arctic, and it is my firm conviction that the air routes of the future between such points as New York and Pekin, or Seattle and London, will be mapped over the Arctic...
Stefansson explained that polar routes are safer than those, which follow the longer courses further south, as the sea hops are short and covered with ice much of the year. Moreover, the polar route from New York to Pekin, for example, saves 1000 miles of flying distance...
...Another important consideration is the greater carrying capacity of planes in the Arctic," continued Stefansson. "The cold air is heavy, in addition to being variably clear. 'Air pockets are also unknown in the polar regions...