Evening star., 1926-06-04

box which the captain took to the
SoAlth Pole in 1911. Mr.. Etlsw0Fth
ca Ms Comdr. Byrd a gold knife which
Mr. Ellsworth had used In France
durh,Ay the war. The knife bore the
inscNhtion: ITO the great adventure"
Wes received also all kinds OF souve'
Mrs. Ehe chief engineer Of the ChAn'
tier xaSae to Mr.. Ellsworth a sleeve
button, N,ying: -.
."Brinsr.it back to me when YOU have
flown own. the North Polar Bastn.
will use ,>r ether till then"
After tive dinner. all Of us went
ashore anG looked over the Fokker
plane which the expedition had used.
There we gA some other things.
sun compass Y Nd other COMPASS ana
chronometer Instruments used BY
Comdr Byrd and Mr.. Bennett on their
flight.
a pair of polar bear pants USED on
the polar flight and also a pair OF
sealskin mittens that he had Got last
year from a merch.Wlt here in Nonae.
And, arrange enough% when upon our
arrival here from TelNr MIR. Ellsworth
entered the same ner CHANTS Shop. ne
recognized the mittens Sand was mocn
pleased when told that tNIr. Ellsworth
had got them from Co!Mdr. Byrd at
Spitzbergen and that Ahh Comor:
Ryrd and Mr.. Eiiswortht, had used
them in flying over the Nd'th Pole.
Wind Delays Start Of Norge.
On Monday, May 10. in iaie after
noon. the work on the Mage was
filled and the OUTFIT of scienUnc IN
struments was put on board aaid we
asked our meteorologist abouh the
weather conditions. He answered tnaa
the weather was still ideal. The hign
pressure that for a long time had
ruled over Spitzbergen Was still thtA'e
and the temperature was favoraalY
low. - -. Z -<''<
There was a possibility Of bad visa
|rbjlity on the American side of the
Pole, Point Barrow actually telegraph
Ing that there was fog. However. we
hoped that the fog would disappear
before our arrival and we were ad-
vised to start both by our own meteor.
ologist and by our forecast service in
Tromsoe.
The start was therefore fxed to take
place at O'Clock In the morning Of
Nav II. The crew was informed ana
spent the evening In their rooms writ
ing letters to parents and friends.
But In the evening local winds rose
and were so strong that it. was risky
to take the airship ont OF the shed.
Consequently, the crew was told
that the start had to, be postponed.
Most of us went 10 bed, however. not
unclothed, as 1t was possible that the
wind would slacken during the night.
Indeed sometimes the wind did calm
down and Col. Mobile. who almost the
whole night, together with Malmgren
and some of the workmen. was at the
she'd made arrangements for calling
the sleeping crew. But after some
minutes it started to blow again and
the men who were sent to summon
the crew had to be recalled.
Mobilize for the Venture.
At Z o'clock in the morning we
were awakened. The wind was still
a little ca apricious, but we decided to
start. We ate big breakfast, put
on our flying suits and went up TO
the shed.
The day before Col Mobile. had
chosen the five Italians besides him
self who should 20 over with US.
naming Cecioni who was to be the
chief engineer; CArAtti and Pomella,
engineers. and Alessandrini. a rtSger,
all of them being skillful men with
long training in airship flying. some
of them having taken part in the
Italian airship raids during the war.
we Hdu dAoO 6OS AhOShSk "h0ASco
operator. AS mentioned before, Dion
kin. the operator on the Maud. Of
fered his services for the flight and
was accepted. He served on the trip
from Rome to Kings. Bay. But there
he got an ear infection and could not
receive the wireless signals.
He had to be replaced. and we took
In place OF him the Norwegian oper-
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