New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06
A1nundsen Gets
Ready for New
Drift to Pole
lie Is Confident Currents
Will Make Him Con-
queror of Top as Well
as Bottom of the Earth
Ship Still Locked i'm Ice
Explorer in Seattle. Where
the Maude Will Be Re-
paired for Five-Year Trip
Special Dispatch OF Tbs Trl5uns

SEATTLE, July Captain Road
Amundsen, discoverer 90 the South
pcle, who returned to Seattle last night
from the Arctic Ocean. will set out
again next summer in the Maude. in a
new effort TO reach the North Pole by
drifting through the ice packs with the
current which he believes flows from
Greenland TO Siberia. After an absence
of three years in the north, the ex-
pIorer will pass year in the United
States, repairing his vessel and reft.
ting her for the voyage that he believes
will make him the only man to succeed
in reaching both poles. He expects the
expedition to take five years.
The Maude, which has been icebound
az the mouth of the Kolima River, in
northern Siberia, will be brought to Sc
attic 70 repair her propeller. An APP
propria ZION covering the cost of the
North Pole trip is expected from the
Norwegian Parliament. When ell is in
readiness Captain Amundsen will clear
for the north to carry through his plan
for reaching the pole.
Soundings Made
I'm going into the ice again next
summer" said Captain Amundsen to-
day. THE object of my recent expedi-
ton was not to find any particular
passage. I have already been through
both the Northwest and the Northeast
passages. The purpose was to make
soundings and gather magnetic and
meteorological data for scientific pur-
poses. We planned to drift across the
polar basin from west to east, studying
this part of the world as we went.
I'VE left Tromso, Norway, in 1918
and proceeded without mishap until we
were caught in the ice at Cape Chel-
yuskin, on the Siberian coast. Here we
were held, unable to proceed, for a
year. Then the ice broke and we re
sumed our journey. This time we got
as far as the mouth of the Kolima
River. There we were icebound again.
That was in September, 1919. We got
back to Nome the following year.
when we started out again on
August 1, 1920, we found the ice con-
ditions very bad. This accounts for
the broken propeller that compelled
US 10 abandon further attempts to &c
forward. We were at Cape Serdze
which is on the northeast corner of
Siberia. across from the Gulf of Ana
dlI, during the WINTER. 1nen we lett
the Maude and made our way back
over the ice. We were picked UP
finally by the Norwegian power
schooner Hermann, commanded by
Captain Petersen, and brought into
Nome"
Captain Amundsen makes light of
his experiences. When asked concern
ing the food supply he said. 1--WE
had plenty of food at all times"
Not q Dreary Experience
Passing a winter locked in the ice
IS not at all dreary experience, ac-
csrding to the captain.
There was so much to do" he said,
that we could hardly find time to
oaf at all. There were q great many
charts and maps to be made, having
TO do with currents that we encoun-
tered and with various scientific mat
ers about which we were concerned.
Then there was the ship to be looked
after, so that, all in all, we found our
selves well occupied. We planned
often to take Sunday off, but rarely
found it possible to do so.
I'VE discovered no new tribes of
natives.
The white members of the official
party who have been with me through