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Enthusiasm Grows as
Details of Experiences
Are Learned; Congrat-
ulations Sent by King
BY The Associated Press)


OSLO, Norway, June 2O.-Captain
Roald Amundsen and his five fellow ex-
plorers will have an enthusiastic well
come when they arrive here. within the
next few days, on their return from
/ their perilous airplane expedition into
the Arctic.
Though they failed in their main OBJ
eject, that of being the first to reach
che North Pole by air. their exploit in
wing to point within $50 miles of
siieir goal, their survival amid untold
harhships and their return to Spitz-
bergen in their remaining plane are re.
garded as forming a wonderful feat,
shedding glory upon Norway as well as
the Individual participants.
With each succeeding report of the
experiences of the filters, the popular
enthusiasm grows, and it has already
been expressed to some extent in the
numerous wireless messages sent to
the explorers from the king. the gov
ernment and their friends. There is
praise for the heroism of Lincoln Ellis
worth, American member Of the expedi
ton, who saved Left Dietrichen and
Oskar Omdahl, when they fell through
the ice.
Jamed In Ice
Published non-copyright accounts OF
the fliers' experiences say they en-
countered fog soon after starting from
Kings Bay. Spitzbergen, on May 2l-
Rising above the mist, they held to
their course for some hours until cons
PEELED to alight because half of their
gasoline was exhausted. Then, when it
seemed they had found safety in a
piece of open water, where the planes
alighted, they were suddenly confront
ed with catastrophe.
The ice closed in, immovably jamming
both machines. without immediate
means ofs transportation, stranded
amidst lmitless stretch of waste in
water and ice, the circumstances were
such as to cause dismay. but Amundsen
and his companions proved equal to the
emergency.
With the greatest OF exertion, call
ing for every ounce of courage, muscle
and determination, they succeeded In
dislodging one of the planes. although
the effort cost twenty four days of ex-
hausting work during which their ra'
tions were rapidly disappearing and the
prospects of a safe retura see fingly
dwindling. Courage and perseverance
w~u through, and at length. discarding
all the equipment they could spare and
with only enough gasoline and food to
take them back-provided there was no
further trouble-they entrusted them
selves again to the air, heading for
Spitzbergen.
Fortune Favors Brave
Once more the saying that fortune
fayors the brave received justification
Over the miles of dreary ice fields,
without a tract of land. the plane flew
southwark, sometimes encountering tho
dreaded fog, but always keeping on un'
til the explorers were able to land safe
" on the shore of Northeast Land, part
of the Spitzbergen archipelago.
Scarcely had the machine allghted
when. almost as if by arrangement, the
Norwegian Sealing boat Sjoeliv, hove
into sight. The captain and crew OF
nine of the little IL ton cutter had heard
the droning of the seaplane's engine
miles away, but supposed 1T belonged
to the patrol expedition out to scan the
wild coast for. the missing explorers.
The surprise and qualification of the
hardy seamen when they discovered the
mistake must have equalled that OF
the castaways who thus saw salvation
At hand. Captain Wollan speedily re-
copnized Amundsen. notwithstanding
months growth of hair covering MS
usually clean shaven face. and they ex'
h.rrod cordial greetings.
ship Is Hospitable
The explorers, were soon recognizes
~ welcomed with the utmost hospl-
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