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Amundsen's five companions in daring-Lincoln Ellsworth of Manhattan, and Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Leif Dietrichsen and Mechanics Omdahl and Feucht-were also aboard the collier, together with members of the Norwegian Aero Club's relief expedition. When the ship reached the Skagerrak narrows north of Denmark, the party was to be met by seaplanes which would convoy them to Horten and thence to the "honor pier," royalty's landing place...
...Lloyd's new liner, München, of 13,325 gross tons displacement, made a trial run from Swinemünde, where she was built, to Bremerhaven. As the München passed the scene of the battle of Skagerrak her flags were flown at half mast, "while officials, guests and crew took part in a memorial service to the German sailors who lost their lives in the battle...