Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-30


explorer at his own game. Algarsson
plans to use a small, non-rigid airship,
similar to the -bimp," and has openly
announced that he intends to reach his
goal before Captain Amundsen if it
is humanity possible.
Tried Twice Before
Twice before Captain Amundsen, who
discovered the South Pole ana was first
of ali explorers TO circumnavigate the
globe by sailing to the northward of the
continents of Europe, Asia and North
America, has attempted to fly to the
northern tip Of the world His first
attempt, from Wainwright, Alaska, fail
ed when his plane was damaged in a test
flight from the base and could not be
repaired. The second, which was to have
started from Spitzbergen last year had
to be given up because Of lack of fl
nances.
The third attempt, friends Of the ex
plorer believe, will be made under the
most favorable auspices and barring ac-
cident should succeed. force Of near
ly 40 men will be stationed at Danes
Island to establish base. tune up the
machines, and give them the expert at
tention they require. Sufficient spare
parts have been assembled to take care
of any possibility of breakage except
the actual smashup of the planes, and
the two planes that will be used in the
flight have been given every test that
ingenuity could devise, passing them all
without a flaw being found Skilled
aviators will pilot them and it is prob
able that Captain Amundsen himself,
he has already qualified as an aviator in
the Norwegian army test. will handle
the controls Of the leading machine for
q part Of the flight at least
Trip is 500 Miles
he explorers principal aide in his
flight will be Lincoln Ellsworth, young
American aviator who served in the
French and American air services dur
ing the war Carl Schultz Froklinde,
chief of the Dornier plants in Pisa
Italy, and a noted mechanical expert.
will supervise the fitting out of the
machines at Danes Island, and H. Volt,
German mechanical engineer, will act
as mechanician in CAPTAIN Amundsens
plane. Lieutenants Auerdel and Diet
richsen well-known pilots, also will be
members of the expedition.
The explorers principel aide in his
proximately 600 miles from Danes Is
land to the pole, remain there for a day
for the purpose Of scientific investiga-
ton, and return direct to Danes Island.
Provisions for six weeks will be carried
in the planes, which will be fitted with
skis for landing on the frozen icefields
Of the Arctic, and guns and ammunition
will be carried so that in case of ac-
cident the lives Of the members Of the
party may be sustained by shooting
game, which is said to exist even in the
extreme north
Planes Have Surplus Radius
The planes will have an action radius
Of about 1900 miles, 1SO miles more than
the round trip distance from Danes
Island to the pole, and will be equipped
with the latest devices for aerial navi-
cation, including radio. Each plane is
powerful enough to care for all mem
bers of the party should its companion
break down. and in case Of serious mis-
hap to both machines the explorer
thinks it will be possible, with luck, to
reach civilization again by ski travel
While Captain Amundsen's hope IL
primarily to reach the pole, the objects
Of the expedition are scientific, and he
expects to settle, once and for all, the
moot point that has intrigued Artic ex-
plorers for generations, whether or not
there is land near the top of the world.
1t was in Seattle. after the failure of
his first aerial attempt, that Captain
Amundsen said to an Associated Press
correspondent:
Il would die happy if I could die at
the North Pole. That is the object of
my heart"