The Arvada enterprise., 1922-06-22

"And I have ssea coal bsds - easily tapped
that even the lazy natives uss them.
"That 70 not ALL have heard tales Of foesu
ivory. q furs Of radium. o8 great nasteoe1e Ue-
mond beds that formerly furnished crown 5swess
for Russia The weaath Of the Arctic y trs-
mendoua"
Pedersen may b. right OF hs nay b wroas.
Anyway, thsse 10 eoeFoborative svideaee OF sorts.
Stefanss0a certainly "selsed" Wrangei tsIand Ia3
year and took possessioa in the name q orees
Britain. Notwithstanding II was discovered many
years ago By United States naval vessels ana
claimed % Unlted States TERRITORY. While stss'
snnsoa hss refused to divulge the purpose Of this
years expedition no did ~ this:
'The development and calculation OF the
Ncrthiand viii surely begin With the present ssa-
sfatioo. The mystery wovea around the north
has resulted from misinfOrmation. Theories that
Il 10 uninhabitabls have been forever rejected. for
Il has bseu proved that fusl and food sxist u
abundance.
"sincs the trus cooditioas In the north have
beeu realised cooalsati0a and commercial ex'
ploitatioa will surely follow. The animal life %
the basis Of attraction for commerce. AZ nrst
Il would b largely . source OF meat oappsy. ooe
there are also large deposits Of OIL coal. copper
and other metals"
An,undsea seems to have many fnends and
they have Contributed literally to bic sxcsedinCy
comprehensive eQuipment. An American manu-.
facturer Of airplanss has "chippsd In" to the ex.
tent Of about $4,000. He has contributed an all.
metal mouop,ane which has been tested to meet
arctic condition.
Besides the monoplans. Amundsen will take .
scout plane smaller British ship which will be
used only within the vicinity Of the Maud. The
monoplane. with cabin In which passengers have
been carried, will BE- seif-supporting. She ID 70
equipped that she can carry large stocks of fuel
and provisions and to her can be adjusted skis,
wheels or pontoons, that she can land On any
surface. With her aid. Amundsen believes he
can chart n SO0mle- wide course across the top
Of the earth.
The planes will be designed to permit Of land.
Ing on land water and will be equipped with
fuel tanks for twenty hours flying Only one
plane will leave the ship at time. with the SEC
ond always available for relief work.
Two Norwegian aviators, Lieutenant Omdai
and Sergeant Odd Dahl. accompany Amundsen.
They will carry 4 moving picture outnt and about
10000 feet Of aim. Roth Omdai and Dahl ars
expert wireless operators end expect to keep the
Maud In touch with Spltabsegen. and to receive
messages from the Norwegian wireless station At
StavanKes.
They also expect to tain with Washington.
They plan to aaah reports from airplans to the
mother shlp. which u equipped with Transmitting
apparntus Of 2,0O0 miles radiua The ship then
viii communicats with ALASKA. and Nome will
relay to the powerful station at st. Paul. on the
Rehrtns ses. ~. Paul will send the messages d.
recsiy 70 washlnston
Dr. II. U. Sverdrup technical expert for the
expeditinn assembled at Seattle what was said
to BE- the most complete equipment Of technical
apparatus for meteorological research ever assem-.
blsd for = polar expedition. The equipment.
packed In forty casea. was lent to the expeditiou
by the Carnegie institute and Smithsonian instl.
tuition. the coast and geodetic survey and the
United States weather bureau.
The Norwegian army and navy have presented
to the explorers the arms and munltlons they
niuy uced md sixty h0xea oS sner,ativ se,e~ssa