New Britain herald., 1926-05-17
NIussnlini Delighted

Premier Mussolini was highly
 pleased over the flight When he learned of the successful journey
 Mussolini sent the following mes sage to Commander Mobile:
 Your triumphal voyage fills the
 entire Italian nation with emotion
 and pride. I embrace you and your
 intrepid companions,
 The airship works where the ] Norge was built and Of which Con-
 mander Mobile is q director has 7 received the following despatch
 from Nohlle
 To the entire personnel of the
 establishment l send my affection l afe greetings in this moment when our efforts have been crowned witt ! fu1 success. We are all in excellent shape"
 ! A popular national subscription to raise funds to buy gold medals for the members of the crew of the Norge has been opened by the { newspaper Popolo Romano, Much tnexpIored Area
 New York. May t7 P-The IfGht Of the Norge over the North Pole added 1on.0o1 square miles to Ithe aarth's explored area but leaves between 3,o00,Q00 and 4.0oo.0oo square miles as yet unseen by civ ilized man.
 The largest area is 2.oG0,000 square miles in the Antarctic which explorers consider uninteresting be- causo tho Antarctic continent is known to be covered with ice, 1000 1 to 10000 feet thick.
 The Amundsen- Ellsworth expedi- ton cut the 1,oooo00 mile Arctic area in two leaving 6n0.n square imiies of unoNplorod territory toward Siberia and 300, 900 toward the east. Although no land was discovered i by the Norge. explorers point out that islands are found throughout the known Arctic regions and that birds have been seen migrating to- ward this section,
 There are smaller unknown areas in North and South America, Asia, Africa, and one a few islands. Bou- vet, called the mystery island of the Atlantic, because it has been report ed seen in different locations, has never hecn touched Ealhjalmur iStefansson explored l00,0 GOO miles of previously unknown Canadian terri tory in 1909, but left 6o.0oo miles untouched.
 Nome, Alaska. May r Pl-The aerial adventure over, Captain Roald .Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth, heads of the first expedition over the top of the world from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen to Alaska. today await led steamer from the south to take them 10 the United States.
 DismantlinG Norge
 The Italian airship Norge, in which they with 16 associates ar- rived at Teller, E miles northwest ot here Thursday night, is being dis .mantled for shipment south by steamer when the ice permits re- sumption of navigation. Colonel Umberto Mobile, designer and build Ter of the Norge. and chief pilot on its polar flight, is supervising it's dIsmantlinE. Much care is being taken because it is expected to re- assemble the bhmp for further flights in the future.
 No Land Was Seen
 One of the principal objects of the Norge expedition was 10 search for land believed by many 10 exist be- tween Alaska and the north pole. No such land was seen by the cxpe- dition.
 Captain Amundson. Ellsworth. Captain Oscar Visiting and Iieutcn- ant Oskar OmdahI arrived here in launch from Teller yesterday . Omdahl will return 10 Teller.
 Get Cool Reception
 They received q chilly reception, quite different from the welcome i planned for the explorers by the |