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Capt. Charles F. Kingsford-Smith and Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm, Australians, with Capt. Harry W. Lyon and James Warner, of the U. S., lingered curiously, glanced at their watches. Behind them were 5,538 miles of the vast Pacific. Before them lay "Aussie"*and safety and, for two of...
The contestants, in the order in which they were listed by the judges follows: N. M. Pusey '28 (H) 1; J. L. McLane ocC (H) 2; G. T. Washington (Y) 3; S. F. Kennedy (Y) 4; J. S. Eells, Jr., (Y) 5; L. J. Rittenhand '28 (H) 6; J. D...
Describing the recent flight of G. H. Wilkins over the North Pole from Alaska to Spitzbergen as "the Elizabethan dream of a Northwest passage come true," Vilhjalmur Stefansson Arctic explorer and member of the University faculty from 1904 to 1906 explained to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday several reasons for the...
"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...
"Wilkins," he concluded, "has given all these well-known facts a new meaning by his flight, and may be considered a pioneer in what will probably develop into one of the greatest air routes of the future."