Evening star., 1928-05-11
pIan series q Trips.

The Italia has been &C Kings Bay
since Nav 6 waiting for favorable
weather and being prepared for series
OF trips over North Polar regions. Gen
Mobile has made one previous nlgnl
over the Pole in 1925 with ROAD
AnundSen and Lincoln Ellsworth IN tne
The present undertaking intends TO
exulore mary regions about which
little is known. These include Lenin
Land. formerly Nicholas II Land, which
was discovered by Russian explorers
travelling IN ice breakers In September
1918. They only observed the eastern
and southern coasts Of the land, when
was found 70 extend 10 the north
northwest as q continuation Of the
eastern coasts OF the Taimir Peninsula
and the Chelyugkin Peninsula,
Gen. Mobile also intended TO land II
possible at the Pole. planting there
cross gfven him by Pope Plus. he
I,oDed 10 cfeck on previous expeditions
OF Peary and Macmillan in polar
regions
Pet Dog With Him.
A cornpangon Of Gen. Mobile on his
polar expeditions has been his DOG
Tstians. who seemed reluctant 70 leave
yadSOe, Norway. when the Italia leii
there for EpitzbeTgen. but finally &c.
caded % risk another adventure In tnt
Arctic with hts master.
Gen. Mobile Is planning TO use Vadsoe
AZ an auxiliary base In the event that
ne sfaos1Id be forced south on one OF nia
expe6itiong across the Arctic regions
Ne telegraphed TO his representative
there telling him 70 remain aTGc pre-
x1are everything for m00ring the airSniS
In case of necessity.
Before starting out Gen. Mobile sent
faag viii To Rome ard IL revealed l1ai
outside Of his share Of the &5i 800
blanket policy on the Itaiia's crew and
aff. 900 life policy on himself and ms
government pension the general has nc
property Of his own. His estate is d.
ysded into three equal parts for ha
wife. daughter and niece.
THE ciFlgsble was flown 70 Kings
BAY from Milan. Italy, with stops foi
reft,elsng and provisioning at Gtoip
Germany. and vadSoe In the mean
time the base ship CittA di Miiant
made sfs way 70 EpltziDeFgen with Z
landing crew. scientists and supplies.
Wait for Cooler Weather.
prepaYations for the start were begur
fzst evening when the crew bto1gh
provisions aboard. These included corn
% beef, biscuits, eggs and fruit. Al
O'Clock IN tile morning the crew put u
the Gying kit and f1fies Norwegian
SKIS and giehgt.s. ard ALSO slowed ava.
en0vgta benzine for q gJO00-kilofneie
The start was delayed for ghor
time because tf1e weather Was 10
warm. The uetnoToiogigt wanted
lower temperature, 10 thst the alTshil
would iose a certain amount IN capacity
Eventually The start Was made uDde
fsg0Fstle conditions and the Beatbe
seefne6 fine to the eastward.
The Italia aoes first 10 kle0iai !
Land, II VIII proceed ~ the ice saE
End follow the E0ih northern GegFes
fDFp eastward exploring the nogthfFi
mart 0f htGoisi Land, which haE Deel
e,zploTec very little. TIE Italia is ez
tDecaAd ~ return either late fsstafaa
night or early Sunday morning 81
VII receive weather reports from Csil
Al Niisno This supply ship VIII bee
Ia communication with tfle d1figibl
throughout the trip.
moe aboard the Italia with Geg
Mobile iac1HGe Capt. MarianD, Lieut.
vigIser5 and AFauino. M2toT Chief "
eing,g. Prof FOf9tfenolt, Engineer ITG
tsa48 Eadt0fnaA Eeagi, M0tOfBaGti ca
Taaat. EoEneIla, Cioecs and hDgiolFtti
Assistants liessaadFlni and Eei0eel
and MeteoTolog1et MsiuETeeB,
gegeu Of Inesk men made the p0is
fi0bt with Ansundsen's Norge tfl 1874
hns,iIe Malmggeen. Ceci0Di, ATdHirl
rsFstn, PoBaelIs snd hieeksndfint