Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-17
AMUNDSEN TO
TRY TRIP TO
TOP OF WORLD
Proposes to Drift With Ice
Pack for Five Years in
Ship.
ONLY STOP AT POLE

SEATTLE, March 1.-THE most daring
7age ever conceived by man, compare
lie only to the first voyage of Columbus
or the imagined voyages of the characters
OF Jules Verne. the novelist, will start
from this port early in June.
Road Amundsen, discOverer Of the
South Pole, will set sail, in his 390-fOot
ship, the Maud, to 60 over the top Of the
world
The North Pole will be the only stop
ping place on the voyage. Two airplanes
viii be used to reach the Pole if. while
going over the top Of the world, the Maud
should drift in a current within flying
distance. Otherwise it is possible that no
effort win be made TO reach the Pole.
The voyage of exploration will be made
under the flag Of the Kingdom OF Nor
way. Lands first seen on the journey
will be claimed for HaakOn VII. king OF
Norway, who Is helping to finance the
expedition.
GOES TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS.
Amuudsen recently went to New
York to make fhal arran Sements for the
expedition Meanwhile Fl. II. Hammer.
his personal represent alive in the United
States. is here fitting the Maud for
seveu-year journey. He said:
Just how much truth here is in The
theory that there is an ocean current
which goes over the top of the world
ships wrecked in the North Pacific Ocean
have been found on the other side Of the
world in the Atlantic Ocean. This has
led TO the belief that the whole ice-pack
floats In this current and that a ship
stuck in the ice viii be carried over the
a. Of the world and out Of the ice on
We other side"
Amundsen believes that he can go over
the top Of the world by getting into
the Ice jam and drifting with the
current.
MAUD NEARLY
READY FOR THE TRIP.
His little ship, the Maud. built es>
pecially for him IN Norway, in near
ing readiness for the trip. Great
quantities Of hard bread are aboard and,
strangely enough, some Of the bread he
took with him to the South Pole. This
bread must be mOistened and sOftened
before It can be eaten. Thousands OF
cans Of meat, hundreds Of cans Of fruits,
Jams. jellles. candles, flpur-enough 10
last seven years-are aboard the Maud.
Scientific, Instruments which will help
lin determine new air currents and
new lands, are being installed. Two
girplanes from England are being made
ready.
MAY TAKE
FIVE YEARS.
Amundseu says that the trip will
take from three 10 five years. Although
the object Of his V1yage may carry him
lar from the North Pole he is really
anxious TO reach the pole.
1T will be a great thing TO have
reached both the North Pole and the
South Pole" he told Hammer, his closest
associate.
RIGHT AT HOME
AT NORTH POLE
AmuHdsen. discOverer Of the South
Pole is no stranger to the Far North.
} Lie spent over a year in the vicinity OF
lShe magnetic North Pole. he. accord
z 70 Hammer. was the first man 70
regOtiate the Northwest Passage. a
voyage Of discovery which has fired the
mind of man since America was dis
covered. but which never was even par
TALLY successful until Amundsen sue.
Ceeded
Early i'm June the Maud will sail from
Seattle, with ten men aboard. Captain
Oscar Visiting, personal friend of the