Evening star., 1928-04-21
Stops Five Days on Uninhab-
tied Island as Result
of Bad Weather.
LANDS AT SPITZBERGEN
ON TRIP FROM ALASKA
Ia Hoped to Find Lost Cont
nent" in Wastes North
Of America.
the Associated Press.

tnP AS<Gf-@sCU fFNSN.
LONDON, April 2I--An Exchange
.sgraph dispatch from Copenhagen
IS that the newspaper Politiken has
received a message from Spit2bergen
Eating that Capt. George H. wilkins
srctic flyer, landed near the Sralharc
,sdio station at II O'Clock this morning
A previous message TO Politiken. also
rom SpitzbeGgen radio station. stated
that Capt wilkins few from Point Bar
row and landed near Doedmansoeira
where bad weather stopped him for
five DAYS. Doedmansoeira is an unin-
laabited island on the north side OF
Igfiord, about IS miles from Svalbard.
Grew Reported Wen.
The crew of the plane was reported
in excellent condition.
SvaIbard is the name applied 10 the
entire Archipelago Of Spitzoergen. Bear
Island and the adjacent islands IN the
Greenland Sea The distance from
No~wav 70 Bear Island is $50 miles
-orth and to Spitxbergen. SIS miles
Snitzpergen was the point tor wticn
can't wilkins set out from Point Bar
row IN 3 direct line across the North
Pole
Known as Dead Mems Island.
Doedmansoeira, the island on which
wilkins landed and on which he waited
ege days for the bad weather TO clear
e.ars q Norwegian name which means
dead mems island"
4 finv unsnhabsted rock formation
cne east OF the southern point OF Prince
fhaYfes Foreland and suXt Of Isf1orG
ramed because many of the Dutch eX-
ranrerS' ssair,s were wrecked upon Il
and because Of the method OF 'burylng
the dead or the surface OF the island.
Formed Of rock without an earth layer,
the dead VINO are buried" there were
rzced in coEars On the rocky surface
and loose rocks and bowieers were paled
over them
The arrival Of Capt. wilkins near
Spstzoergsn from Point Barrow, Alaska.
ruresents lne successful completion oi
Capt wilkins plan 10 ny across the
lasizr regions en6 presumably across
the North Pole itself.
TIE wilkins plane carried a RADIO
fzt despite a constant wafen BY Taolo
s.ations. complete silence enYe4opeo
faas activities Of the expedition even
y1ected fo take oI from Point Barrow.
Can't. wilkins a noted Australian ex-
rsofer. vas accompanied by Carl b.
seIsgn 80 Alaskan pilot.
Is Third Crossing.
The North Pole has twice been crossed
~ ar. the first time by Lieut.. CoIldr
F.!chsrd Z. Byrd, who fiew over the
Pole in an airplane from Kings Bay
E5itzbergaal. returning 70 that place IN
Nay. 1925. ard the second time. oily
z few DAYS Iater, by the AmunoSeE-
Ellsworth expedition IN the olriglble
Norge. which few from Kings Bay
2erDss tire Pole. landing At Teller. Alas
ka. after Il hours.
r;en Tyn1oerto Mobile. Italian dirigiblf
expert. who was aboard the Norge on
its fight. is now al Stop, Germany
making preparations for another dirig-
ioie fight across the Pole
The radio station ar Spstzbergen Is al
Kings Dsg which is popularity known
Is .sThe Halfway House 10 the Pole.
u tg only 600 nautical miles distant
from @tgae Top Of the world" !"
OF the three Gpitzbergep settlements
Kings Bay Is nearest tie pole and ac-
cess 70 1t Is much superior 70 the ap'
preach to the other two settlements
ESkErt Bay ana AJtEeI fAafD nslIsA
y3ay Is situated almost directly On tins
Arctic Ocean and is virtually the oFll5
rssaee in gpitzbe1gen where the ice.
covered mountains reeede few miles
inland. leaving q vide level plain or
which landings may be effected.
Contains Mine Village.
The eYalbard archipelago was q ne
Ysans land until 1918. when II became
srEeiaily Norwegian territory by viz.
tie Of the acceptance by the Oslo Par
I.an1ent q the PARIS treaty of 1919 con-
asrr1ng the sovereignty ot the islands
On Egr8ay.
Geatteeed oyer the Kings Bay piair
ere the little wooden si1acks " mining
village. Snicn Is operated by Nor
seglan coal company. During the brlei
Sumner months IL Is tie home u froET
800 70 100 miners who come from the
European continent for the mining
seaS0E
On the plain vel IA sight Of the IT..
1le wireless station, is rough hangai
278 feet long lzo feet vide and J0i
faet high, ard na0oriug nsast for tn
'sse Of polar flyers
SENDS MESSAGE 10 AMERICA.