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,ew York Physicist and Ex.
Army Aviator Plan Flight -
Across Artic Zone to
Norway.
One Plane to Be Used

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. l.-Plans for An
airplane flight to the North pole and
across the Arctic zone from Alaska
to Norway, to be attempted i'll Sep
tember, were announced tonight by
Edwin Fairfax Naulty OF New York,
a physicist who has been long in
terested in polar exploration and avi-
alton. Mr.. Naulty stated that the
plans call for the use of only one
sirplane and an expeditionary party
OF four, which would include himself
and three experienced pilots, all eX-
service flyers. His son, Leslie Fair
fax Naulty, who will be associated
with him in the enterprise, is going
to Europe to take care of plans for
continuation of the fight from North
Cape, via the Scandinavian capitals
to London.
The start OF the important part Of
the flight from a scientific stand
point--the trans-Polar and trans
Arctic flights to be made from
Point Barrow, Alaska, Mr.. Naulty
announced, and the route to the pole
will be as far as fight conditions
permit, along the meridian of l55
west to the North role. The dis
tance from Point Barrow to the
role is 1900 nautical miles and it is
the plan that the first stop will be
made half way between these two
points.
Stop at Pole.
The second stop is planned to be
made at the north pole or as near
to that point as there is landing
for full observations to determine
position and, after overhauling and
restorage, the route will be on to
Spitzbergen, where the third landing
is planned to be made west of An
drae Point, from which the ill-iated
Andrae some years ago started on his
balloon voyage to the
North pole. From Spitzbergen the
fourth projected leg of the flight calls
for a flight across Spitzbergen with
a possible landing at Bear Island, ii
conditions warrant, and thence to
North Cape, Norway.
Mr.. Naulty said that only one
plane would be used for the flight.
At first it was his plan to head
squadron of three ships, but difficult
ties of carrying on if one or more
Of the planes came to trouble,
brought about the abandonment OF
this plan.
Route Of Flight.
Tie complete route Of the polar
air flight will, according to Mr..
Naulty's announcement, be from
Seattle to Kitchikan, Alaska; ketclli-
kan to Anchorage; Anchorage to
Nome; Nome to Point Barrow, and
thence across the polar regions to
North Cape, Norway, and thence by
.axi-hights via Christiania and Stock
holm to London. The arctic flight
proper, he explained, would start
rom Point Barrow. From that poins
across the pole to Spitzbergen, dis
:ance of 1900 nautical miles, will be
'egarded as the trans-polar flight.
From Point Barrow to North Cape,
distance of 2,400 miles, will be re-
yarded as the trans-arctic flight. AS |
he distance from Ketchikan, Alaska,
o Point Barrow is about 1000 nau-
ical miles, and from North Cape to
london, approximately l,50O miles,
md probably 100 miles will be spent
n observation flying around the pole.
provide the plans succeed, the total
Iistance covered by the flight from
<etchikan to London would be 5000
niles.