The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-30
ARCTIC SAILOR IS
WARMLY WELCOMED
CAPTAIN AMUNDsEN GUEST AT
COMMERCIAL CLUB BANQUET.
Late Arrival Of Train Necessitates Go
Il ing Directly from Station to Banquet
Table Prominent Men of City Greet
Him and Bid Him Welcome Re
mains Till Thursday.

Captain Road Amundsen, the Arctic
sailor, mingled with the plain people
of Minneapolis at the Commercial club
Hast evening. In his silent, dignifed
way, he enjoyed the meeting with the
men of Minneapolis, and on more than
one occasion expressed complimentary
remarks on the appearance Of the city.
Minneapolis is the first city in the
world to extend formal invitation to
the daring sailor to visit it in order
that due respect might be paid to him
for his great work. His right hand
man in the Perilous voyage in the GJoa,
Lieutenant A. Hansen of the Danish
navy, is a younger man, and of livelier
temperament. Captain Amundsen him
self is only 81 years old, but he has the
poise and assurance Of a man of So
The remainder of the Gjoa party did
not come to Minneapolis, but went thru
to New York from Omaha. Messrs
Amundsen and Hansen were late last
evening. Their train, instead of ar
irving at 8 0 clock, did not pull into
the station until nearly g. There was
no time to permit them to dress for the
banquet prepared for them at the Com
mercial club, and which had already
been postponed until 9 O'Clock. So,
Immediately on their arrival, they were
hurried into a carriage and driven to
the club. @@
we. Honors at Club.
They were taken in charge there by
President Fred r. Salisbury and were
presented to about forty men who had
gathered to do them honor. President
Salisbury gave Professor Sven Oftedal
the pleasure of speaking for Minneapo-
lis and the Commercial club. He spoke
briefly of the efforts of Frobisher,
Ross, Franklin, Mcclure and others to
locate the northwest passage, and indi:
Gated how nearly some Of them had
succeeded. AT the same time the Gjoa,
navigated by Captain Amundsen, was
the first vessel to sail from the Allan
tic ocean to the Pacific along the north
! coast of. North America.
Captain .Amundsen was not prepared
| to say just how much he had contrib
uted to science. His observations in
| the supposed location of the magnetic
pole covered period of two years,
and it would take. fully three more
snt W1Ek then Sg He hove
would be definitely located. Scientific
observations of all kinds had been
taken. He had secured specimens of
! fauna and flora and had gathered every,
thing that he thought would be Of sci
entifc value. .
Other speakers were Ralph W. Vince.
lock, Lieutenant Hansen, Senator Hen.
ry. j. Gjertsen, J. S. McLain and Will.
helm Petersen. To the latter belongs
almost the entire credit of bringing
Captain Amundsen to the city.
| >a' Will See Everything. H.
The two men will remain in the twin
cities until Thursday evening and will
be shown everything worth seeing.
| They are the keenest of observers and
take a deep interest in all phases of
life. 1t is their first visit to the int
rior of the United States and they
readily admit that their preconceived
1 notions have long since been upset.
Those present at the banquet last
evening were: President Fred R: Sails
Rev. N. B; Thedt, Consul Fredrik
Henry S. Ives, Adolph Edsten, Henry
J. Gjertsen, B. F. Nelson, A. LELAND,
Frank Hea1y. J. S. Strand, J. F. vii.
| Wheelock, Harry Randall, Wallace G.
| Nye, G. H. r. Malmstedt, T. V. Moreau,
John A. Schlener, J. s. McLain, A. A.
Crane, J. 81. Riheldaffer, B. I. Thorn.
sen, Otto v. Juell, T. 81. Wegge, C.
Pope, ]. R. Canterbury, NJ. Nelson,
| J. u Barnes, G. B. Holmes, August J.
August, Perry Starkweather, b. G,
4 Chatfeld, Andrew Rinker, Rev. Martin
Norstad, Rev. NJ. Falk Giertsen, W. Pet.
tersen, Professor H. G.. Stub, DR.. Hen
J rik Nissen, Professor Sven Oftedal, H
j R: Yerxa, G.. H. Hamblin and E. j,
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