Evening star., 1924-08-17
Approach to Tie
FAROE ISLANDS

drift Similar smoke bombs for this
purpose have been located at all of
the Atlantic stops.
Having determined the drift in this
manner, the flyers can then check
their course accurately by the two
compasses with which each plane is
equipped. One is the usual magnetic
compass, and the other a new type
compass, known as the earth inductor
compass. The latter is not affected
by the electrical phenomena of the
Arctic regions, and it's use on the
world flight is practical test. Each
compass is a check on the other.
The route being followed from Lon
don, England, to Washington, with
mileage, is as follows:
'London, England. Miles.
'Brough (Hull), England. 1856
Kirkwall. Orkney Islands. $40
Thorshavn, Farce Islands (emer-
gency only).. S7o
tHofn Hbrnafjord, Iceland.-..... $50
fReykjavik, Iceland ............. 339
+Anemagsalik, Greenland ....... 500
fIvigtut.- Greenland ............. 500
'Indian Harbor. Labrador. 572
Cartwright Harbor. Labrador. 40
Hawks Bay, Newfoundland. ........ go
Pictou Harbor, Nova Scotia. 80. 40
Boston, Mass. ............ $50
point of arrival in the United
StateS.)
New York $50
Washington, y. C............... 225
sMan supply base.
tAinor supply base
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THE first landing after passing the
L Farce Islands was ESQ miles
away, at Hofn Hornafjord, on the
east coast Of Iceland. This leg of the
trip has been a disastrous one. On
the first attempt to reach Iceland
Lieuts. Smith and Wade were forced
to turn back by heavy fogs, while
Nelson successfully completed the
trip in about eight hours. The fol-
lowing day Smith overlook Nelson
in spite of fog, but Wade was forced
down with engine trouble midway
between the Farce Islands and Ice
land. This probably could have been
remedied had not commercial
trawler, in attempting to lift his air
plane from the water. smashed it
beyond repair, so that Wade and his
from the flight through no fault of
their own after having completed
more than $4,000 miles of their jour-
ney. A new airplane is being sent to
Nova Scotia to enable Wade to COM
plete the balance Of the journey with
the flight.
Iceland is in many respects one Of
the most interesting parts of the
world. The country. is very old in
civilization and culture.
The first Parliament was formed at
Reykjavik,, the present capital, on
the west. coast, the second and last
stop for the flyers in Iceland. This
Parliament. was composed of old,
gray-haired, white-robed judges, who
gathered each fall on the Mountain
ThiAgelvir; to pass judgment on inn
portant cases and formulate the laws
of the land.
Iceland is a country of laundering
waterfalls, ice --capped mountains,
green meadows, rocky coast lines,
great beds of lava, hot springs, gey-
sers' and the active volcano Kekla.
burning pit of flame. Nowhere in the
world have; more varied scenes been
presented to the flyers. In many
places vast ice fields. connect high
mountain submits and prodigious
glaciers descend in some parts even
to the coast. where they break on
into icebergs. The world flyers
crossed Iceland in less than five hours.
From Reykjavik, Iceland, the air
men set their course for Angmagsa-
lik, Greenland. the northernmost
point oni the entire route, in the shad-
ow of the Arctic Circle. and the only
town on the east coast of Greenland.
Here First Lieut.. LIE Clair De Schultze,
one Sof the alternate pilots for the
flight, is stationed on board vessel
carrying supplies for the flight.
This vessel, furnished by the DAN
ish government, makes ,the trip to
Greenland but once a year, as 1t is
impossible to, enter the harbor ex-
cept during the month of August, and
even then the harbor is sometimes
damned with drift ice so that navi-
CATION Is impossible. It required
over. week for a small boat contain
ing supplies to push its way through
nearly 100 miles of ice foes in the
harbor at Angmagsalik.
Greenland is an immense unknown
continent in the Arctic Ocean. So
fas as is known 1t is the coolest in
habited place. The route of the world
flyers from Iceland to Greenland
across the Greenland Sea follows ap-
proximately the same trail that Eric
the Red and his followers blazed 10
centuries ago when they linked the
Old World with the New In small
open boats, driven here and there at
the !. mercy of the winds, requiring
months for q single 'voyage-a strik-