Evening star., 1925-06-19
SCIENTISTS ELATED
OVER SAFE RETURN
Amundsen's Trip Expected to
Revolutionize Exploration
in Arctic Regions.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 19.-EXplorers
and scientists rejoiced with laymen In
all parts of the world today at the
safe return of the Amundsen-Ells-
worth North Pole airplane expedition.
The return to Kings Bay, Spitzbergen,
yesterday, exactly 28 days after hop
ping off, was greeted with many eX-
pressions of Il told you So" But the
words came principally from explorers
and scientists. who knew AmundSen's s
courage and ingenuity in coping with
tie hazards of the polar regions.
Though the expedition fell 100 miles
short Of landing at the Pole and was
compelled to return partly in one
plane and partly by fishing schooner.
scientists expect to CLEAN much valu-
able knowledge from the flight.
Donald B. Macmillan, who sails to-
morrow from Wiscasset Me-, at the
head Of the AllAmerican Arctic eX-
pedition. admitted that a big burden
had been lifted off his mind. Amund-
sens safe return. he said, would en-
able him to devote all his energies to
science instead OF first hunting for
the Amundsen party. He also altered
his plans so that the airplane base of
the expedition will now be established
at Cape Thomas Hubbard instead OF
Cape Columbia
-. D. HAS opportunity.
Il always thought they would come
back" said Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
noted explorer, here Il am exceed
ingly glad of the outcome. and it is
another feather in Amundsen's cap.
You will recall that we all thought
Amundsen would so to the Pole and
continue on to Alaska But doing
what he has done leaves the United
states with great opportunity to
discover new lands if they lie in this
area"
Bernon S. Prentice. brother-in-law
of Lincoln Ellsworth. financial hacker
and lieutenant of the expedition, ex.
pressed the qualification of the
American advisory committee over
the flight. When anxiety for Amund-
sens safety was widespread several
weeks ago, 1t was Prentice. as head of
the committee who headed off organi-
cations of relief parties
The Norwegian government, which
on June sent two relief planes to
Kings Bay, cabled congratulations to
Amundsen. Earl Rossman, explorer
and big game hunter. who just re-
turned to New York from two years
In the Arctic, told how Eskimos said
they would wait for Amundsen and
Ellsworth at the formers supply
depot at Wainwright, Alaska Ross.
man met Amundsen at Nome in 1928
he said. and 1t was then the explorers
intention to fly over the Pole to
Alaska.
Second Great Dream.
1t was In an attempt to fulfill the
second great dream OF his life that
AmundSen organized the North Pole
flight. Having discovered the South
Pole and the northwest passage and
the North Magnetic Pole, he wanted
TO add the North Pole to his con-
quests. Financing the expedition was
q trying task until Ellsworth ad-
vanced sum reported to have been
$4,000, about two-thirds Of the total
cost.
Many termed the proposed fight a
foolhardy experiment But it was re-
membered that in 1906 Amundsen bob
bed up safely at Eagle. Alaska, after
being lost in the Arctic for three
years.
Death touched the expedition jus.
ended only indirectly. Ellsworth re-
turned to find news that his father.
James W. Ellsworth, had died June
at Florence, Italy. partly from causes
brought on by worry over the safety
OF his son.
Suggests Submarine Trip.
Ilc uiSlll has aroused keen discus
sion as to the effectiveness of air
planes in the polar regions. John b
Burnham, explorer and hunter, said
the outcome of the flight convinced
him that Stefansson had the right
idea in suggesting submarines as the
best means of Arctic exploration.
Continual fog, he said. renders low
flying and landing perilous
Capt. Anton Heinan. former Yep
pelin pilot and advisory constructor
of the dirigible Shenandoah, also
scoffed at the use of airplanes. but
advocated dirigibles. He said there
we're 1900 miles of ideal flying con-
ditions between Lakehurst, \. J., and
the Pole and couldn't understand why
the Navy Department would not send
either the Shenandoah or the Los
Angeles on such a trip.
Henry Woodhouse, president of the
Aerial League of America, however.
claimed that Amundsen's feat revolu-
tionized Arctic exploration.
I'm % days" he said "Amundsen
has done what he could not have done
in the old way in less than a year"