Evening star., 1926-05-17

I the ships complicated machinery.
| The flight proved that the pre-
cautions taken when the Norge was
| rebuilt during the Winter for the
! transpolar voyage were justified by
! the actual conditions met. If. for
| instance, the detail that the propel-
| lors might be compelled to hurl ice
| projectles against the gas bags had
not been foreseen and the two bags
| near the engines made stronger. il
is likely that the ship would nave
! been forced to land on the polar ice.
! The helmsmen. Norge and Visiting,
did not sleep more than four hours
( during the flight. The wireless men.
| GottWaldt, Storm and johnson.
! listened almost all the time for
! meteorological reports from wireless
| stations. and so long as ice did not
cover the antennae. generators and
propellors, took constant bearings.
Malmgren constantly studied the
weather conditions. made out the
weather charts. based on meteroloE-
ical reports. and advised the captain
and navigator the height to fly where
there was the least danger that ice
would load down the ship.
Repaired Cuts i'm Canvas.
In the motor gondolas Cecioni.
Omdal Arduino. Caratti, Pomella
and Alessandri had hard jobs watch
ing the engines. and the numerous
fuel and oil canals. They also re-
paired the canvas skin when the ice
projectiles hurled by the propellers
pierced it.
The provisions for the flight con-
Gi oH nf HJT-in a mr.
meat cakes. These froze in the low
temperature over the Pole and the
polar basin. While coffee and tea
in thermos containers kept hot, the
crew got no warm meat.
The first supper at Teller. With
warm coffee. tasted like ambrOsia.
For several hours the crew had suf-
fered much from cold. especially
when the fog was at its worst and
making the air humid. Often the
windows would no sooner be opened
to allow observations than the cold,
humid air passed through the cabin
where the observers handled their
instruments without gloves.
Immediately after landing we tried
to establish communication with the
Nome wireless station to inform the
world that the ship and crew were
I'm safety at Teller. The Teller wire
less station, however, had not been
working for two years. We called in
vain for several hours. Finally.
when it was repaired by the eXpedi-
tion's wireless men, "a hours after
landing. we succeeded in establish
ing communication.
Heard Reports of Others.
1t was rather disheartening. before
communication was established. to
listen to calls for the Norge from
wireless stations in Alaska, which ap
parently believed the ship was drift
ing southwark to the Pacific Ocean.
Capt. Amundsen. Lincoln Ellsworth
and Visiting left Teller for Nome to-
day. where they will await the arrival
Of the other members of the expedi-
ton. when the demounting work here
is finished. Capt. Amundsen and his
two companions had to drive dog
team for Is miles on the ice outside
Teller before they reached open water.
A big 3-ton motor boat had TO be
TRANSPORTED by dog teams from Teller
to the open water. where 1t was put
on the water TO take the expedition S
leaders to Nome.
The demounting of the ship VIII
probably be finished in IA days. MI
merous cases will be left here to be
sent to Nome after navigation in
Alaska is opened in June. When de-
mounting is completed the crew Will
go to Nome to join Amundsen and
Ellsworth, leaving for Seattle in the
first half of June. Tailors in Seattle
have received the measures of the
crew by cable, and have been asked
10 supply blue suits and blue caps 10
all the members of the expedition. all