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...Pisa in Northern Italy, Roald Amundsen is testing the two special machines built by the German designer Dormier. In a few days he will fly north by way of Zurich, through Germany and Norway to Spitzenbergen. Thence to the North Pole and Alaska. In the barren wastes of polar territory, a forced landing means almost certain death...
...only polar region in the U. S. In the basin of the Yukon it is warm. There are from 70 to 100 days in the growing season. But over the mountains to the north there are rarely more than 40 days in the year in which there is no killing frost. Not only is it a polar land, it is almost a desert as well. It has less than ten inches of rainfall a year?about the same amount as Arizona or Nevada. There are no trees, only a very little stunted vegetation...
When the rivers thaw the two parties will start downstream on the unknown courses of two of the large rivers (one of them the Colville), which flow into the Polar Sea. He may bring back good tidings of oil. He will surely return with a record of adventure...
...Norway. The expedition (set for July) plans to explore the territory between Spitzbergen, Norway, and Point Barrow, Alaska. Apart from collecting data for scientific aeronautics, Amundsen and Davison will explore 1,000,000 square miles of territory, and gather information as to the possibilities of commercial flying across the Polar regions-which may ultimately furnish the shortest route between the three continents of America, Europe and Asia. The Dornier plane has a radius of action of 1,300 miles; Spitzbergen is 500 miles from the Pole, but over 1,700 miles from Point Barrow. The explorers will, therefore, make several...
Heinan's Reply. Heinan made a strong rejoinder to Editor Howe. The Shenandoah will be in commission in April. If Great Britain or any other Power threatens to forestall the U. S. in a voyage of discovery to the Polar areas this Summer, the German pilot is prepared to make an immediate dash to the Pole, not by way of Alaska- where mooring masts and other equipment have to be carefully prepared- but in a five-day non-stop flight of 6,000 miles from Lakehurst straight to the Pole and back. And this at 24 hours' notice...