Word: poleâ
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Ellsworth [U. S. backer of the expedition] and I had each, of course, brought a flag to be dropped overboard as we crossed the pole??? Ellsworth the Stars and Stripes and I the national flag of Norway. In keeping with Nobile's injunctions to keep down the weight of all baggage, we had each brought a little flag not much larger than a pocket handkerchief. . . . Imagine our astonishment to see Nobile dropping overside not one, but armfuls of flags. For a few moments the Norge looked like a circus wagon of the skies. ... I was amused at his childish pleasure...
There she met a Polish artist, Count Markievicz. He was attracted perhaps by her pale, fragile beauty, perhaps by the twinkling fire in her blue eyes. They married?Irishwoman and Pole???uniting in a miniature alliance the characteristics of their irrepressible, astounding peoples...