The Arvada enterprise., 1922-06-22
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provtsiouA tested BY Prof. Torup Of the physio.
isg1eal e6satory Of the Univsssity Of Christianla
With the explorer will b Capt. Oskar Wistins
sailns master. who stood at bis sds "oo" the
South Psas. and @. Oioakin. engineer. six ~
bseiaa natives who Joined the Maud In 1870 viii
be Ia the crew.
Captain Amundsen expects to strike immsdi-
ately Int" the outward oe northern drift Of tie
leo a. II leaves Besing ~ h the spring breakup
and to swing With the northeastesiy currsat dur.
Ing the S10mef.
Provisions for seven years will b. taken, though
the expedition figures oo getting through inside
Of i've yean.
Just By way Of reminder that getting to the
North Pole even With airplane aud radio and all
modern improvements SIN has it, incidental has.
ards and thrills, Amundseo's big flyer had to
make forced landing In Peansylvania the other
day. Amundsea was IL It. but noas Of the adven-
turers was Injured and the machine was only
slightly damaged However. ~ . reminder the
forced landing was success.
OF ctufse Q forcsd landing In Pennsylvania 10
quite a di6erent thing from forced landing On
the Ice II arctic weather and far from civilisa-
tioa. 30 thsrs are possibilities In arctic dying
that wtll kesp the world Interested In the prog.
ress Of the Maud and her aviatoss.
There are even thoes who think that the At
tempt to ny to the pole presents one Of the most
dangerous expeditions ever attempted BY man
and that its successful accomplishment will put Q
great feather In the hat Of aeronautica.
Wouldn't Il b. . queer thing II Amundsen
should 20 flying some day from the Maud and
should 80 Stefansson crawling along BY dos.sled
on the Ice below himi
And StefanssOn, hearing the drone Of al air.
ship propeller. should look up from his sled on
the Ice and see AmundseL far In the air above
hint
Capt Roald Amundsen has long been q promi.
nent hGure In polar exploration-so long that he
n n \
Of this expedition.
He vas born In 1872 at Borje. Norway. He ~.
ceIved \ public school education and became .
sailor at mn early age
He was a member Of the Beisca Antarctic ex.
pedition Of 1sO7-o.
On his return he planned an expedition for the
discovery Of the Northwest passage and the loca.
tion q the magnetic pole He purchased and
outhtted the schooner Gjoa. He sailed June 10
ioa. from Christiana. The expedition was both
important and successful He located the mag.
netic pole near Boothia Felix. the extreme oorth
end of the North American continent. He was
the Arst to make the passage from Europe to
Alaska. which no reached early In December. 1906.
Amundsen then turasd his attention to the Ant.
arctic. Sir u. H. Shackleton In the Nimrod had
reached 4 point Ill miles from the South Pole
January O. 1909. In 1910 three expeditions start.
ed In search Of the South Pole: Amundsen In the
FRAN; Capt. Robert r. Scott (Oreat Britain) In
the Terra Nova. and Capt. wilhelm Filchner (0er.
many) In the Deutschland. little later Dr..
Douglas Mnwson sailed IN the Aurora from Wales
and Captain Shirxse In the kainan Maru from
Yokohama.
The rrnm was the nrst to report. She arrived
a. Hobart, Tasmania, March Z. 1911? She brought
the news that December II. 1911. Captain Amund.
s.r anil four tnen hnd attained the South Pole
.ni ,,nd -stnnined 'h"rs s"nr 'iava