Evening star., 1925-05-22

pressly for our dash to the North
Pole. -'0i I"
Our plane carries three davs, food
per man for consumption during the
t,Isn Ihere is also aboard 80 days'
ioou per man, consisting of dried
pemmIcan, hardtacE, coffee and choco.
late This is for use in case We are
forced to abandon the planes and
ies I,Se OUT on loot for northern Green.
iaaq, nearly 900 miles from the pole.
we are also carrying a sIedre
laced with thongs to two skid RIM.
ners, tent, canvas boat, an ak.
wooden snow shovel, an ice anchor
smoke bombs, shotguns and rifles.
Ihere are an Austrian Mannifcb.r
crack sporting rife of e.5-nntIineter
pore and 200 rounds of ammunition
IN one plane, and a Springfield Arnov
rlIie with a specially forged Pope bar
rel ana zoo rounds of ammunition in
the other plane. Each plane aIso c,r
ries a colt automatic as with o5
rounds Of ammunition. These re-,
solFefs VIII come in handy if q polar
oear crashes into our tent at night
Inc $1,000 post cards sent by Amari
cans and Europeans for transn,isaio,,
10 the North Pole will be carried in
me dash and upon the return of the
TApedltlon VIII be mailed to senders.
apparatus and a camera. The air.
planes have Artic stoves with thernoix
burners In eaSh compartment.
Each OF the six men is provided
Win d Skl-St1ck, a light waterproof
haversack and reindeer sleepinr bae
ootalned from the Hudson Bav Co ~
Canada. w. VI
Protected From Cold.
The personal outAts
shsht changes as the individuals nav
see NJ TO make, consist of a BODY s,,it
OIL tnln SILK, wool underwear, chamois
and buckskin shirt and drawers u,onI
iapland shirt and drawers. leather
preeches, a woolen jacket and over
all these layers an Alaskan seaIskin
parka. sehishin
ITO protect the feet there arc ,r,
pairs of wool socks, felt boots evtsna
ing to the knees and large canvas
oootS nlIled with dried grass. Over ali
on the~head, is a large aviator's can
nned with wool. Inside the parka is
skin hood and inside that a skin
mask ash, worn next to the face.
Inc hands are incased first in
Norwegian aviators combinatjon 10
squlrreiskln glove and canvas mftten
vino breaker, laced to the elbow and
extending to and covering the necL
lhlS great muff1er was specially de-
signed by a Norwegian firm and
merely loaned to the six flyers.
The planes will fly toward the poIe
AT an altitude of between 1000 and
1900 feet, keeping to this low Level
because of the weight of the gasoline
We plan to return at from &. 600 10
5000 feet to enable the navigators to
see SpltZbergen, which is a small spot
to find in the Arctic world of ice.
The planes will fly 320 feet apart
sioe by side to enable the navigators
! to indicate by arm signals. The arms
will be raised once when the 81st
latitude is crossed, twice at the S3d
three times at the s3d and so on until
the 90th latitude or the North Pole
is reached. Special arm signals have
also been arranged to indicate that
the direction is being shifted and for
the contingency that motor trouble
compels descent
Amundsen OF First.
The MS, carrying Amundsen and
his two companions, showed off first.
sweeping across the harbor ice for a
mile before 1t lifted itself trinity into
the air.
The N-24. with the American, Ellis
worth. as navigating officer, followed
as soon as the way was clear, its
motors having been roaring impa-
tiently for several moments. At Sis
Dietrichson had come about and was
Strengthening out above the harbor,
dropping many pounds of ice and
snow from his undercarriage, as his
machine shook itself free for the
Northern push.
The N25 had already turned sharply
toward the left as it reached the edge
of the harbor ice, while it's sister bird
dove off on tangent to the right.
Then both planes drew together at
the edge of Kings Glacier, thence
setting off majestically and precisely
on course marked by the mountain
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