The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-02
AMUNDSERT0,
SHOW wVIES
on POE TRIP
First Closeup of North Pole
Taken BY Explorer; to
Talk yere May IL

Close-ups I the North Pole, the
first ever AIDE, will be shown in
connection 1th the lecture TO be de-
livered by }aptain ROAD Amundsen,
the noted yrctic explorer, at the city
Captain Inundsen's talk will be, "By
Diriribiefrom Rome to Teller and
it will @al with the experiences and
observsions of the Amundsen-Ells
worth expedition on their flight
from pitzbergen to Alaska in May
Of las year.
Tn motion pictures to be shown
by Aptain Amundsen in connection
wit, his talk are said to be among
thcmost remarkable ever taken, and
asthrilling as the most extravagant
ipaginings Of fiction. They depict
tic cruise of the Norge from the mo-
nent it nosed its way out Of its
hangar at Kings Bay to its final
landing amid terrific storm at Tell
err. Alaska. One is first made a spec
tator, viewing the great dirigible and
its personnel at close range; witness
ing the take-off and seeing it disap-
pear into the mysterious frozen
North. From that point on, however,
one becomes participant in the
cruise, being transported with the
rest Of the personnel to the cabin of
the ship; seeing the men at work and
at play; witnessing the descent ia
the spot which scores upon scores OF
men have risked and lost their lives
in a vain effort to reach; taking geo.
graphic observations with the e.\lor-
ers;. becoming lost in the fog with
them. One feels the anxiety that
must have come over them while buff
feted about for hours and hours in
the dense haze by storm winds; and
the .throb Of relief at finally sighting
land and making the landing. These
pictures add realism to Captain
Amundsen's lecture.
Cruise History. making
The entire cruise was history max.
ing in many respects. The expedi.
ton was the first ever undertaken
by airship in an effort to reach the
North Pole. 1t explored a lane OF
approximately 10000 square mile.
that had never before been visited by
human being. 50 far as is known. II
discovered the Ice Pole, the geo
graphical center Of the polar ice pack
known also. as the Pole of Inaccessi.
bility. 1t sent to the world the frs,
message ever received direct from
the North Pole. Within seven hours
after the Norge reached the Pole Its
radio had flashed the news to the en-.
tire world. It took Admiral Peary
1853 days after he discovered the Pole
to get news of it to civilization.
The dramatic story of that history
making voyage probably could not b.
told more graphically by anyone thar
the man who lived it from the mo
mcnt the idea terminated. Captain
Amundsen is no novice at the art o.
telling an audience AS experisncei
and findings. He has been on, three
previous lecture tours of the Unitet
States and has been found to be al
interesting. fluent and cultured
speaker. His previous lectures deal
with his explorations Of the Arctic IL
1903 to 1906, when he failed to reacl
the North Pole, but achieved the dis
tinction of being the first man OIL
record to explore the northern coas
Of America, by way of the NOrthwes
Passage. and Of relocating the Nortl
Magnetic Pole; his discovery Of tn
South Pole in 1911, and his airplan'
attempt, with Lieut.. Lincoln Ellis
worth, in June, 1925, to reach tn
Pole, in which they nearly lost thei
lives. The most dramatic story o
all, however, is the story of tn
Norge expedition, which he will re
late to q local audience on his pres
ent tour.