The Washington times., 1931-06-05
GRAF To CARRY
45 PERSONS
To ARCTIC
William B. Leeds and Friend
To Go as Tourists; Zeppe-
lin to Have 9 Days Fuel
BY KARL H. Won wIEGAND

BY KARL H. Won WIEGAND
Correspondent aboard the Graf ZeppeIil
for Its Polar flight and rendeEvou
with Sir Hubert Wilkins Nautilu
at the North Pole. (WOrld copyright
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BERLIN, June 5. - The NORTH
Pole trySt of the American sub
marine Nautilus and the Ger
man airship Graf Zeppelin stirred
Europe's imagination today with
news of Sir Hubert wilkins def
mite sailing date from Province
town, Mass.
Commodore Hugo Eckener, the
Graf's commander, followed with
the announcement that there will
be As persons, including one
woman, 10 scientists, the crew
and two Polar tourists" aboard
the Graf in the aeroarctic expedi
ton.
Five Nations Represented
Five countries are represented
on the official list, which in
cludes William B. Leeds, Ameri'
can millionaire traveller, and a
friend, David Brooks, who are the
tourists. The list follows:
Commodore DR.. Hugo Eckener
president of the Areoarctic So
ciety and commander of the ex
pedition; Capt. Ernst A. Leh-
mann, commander of the Graf
Zeppelin; Prof. L. Weickmann,
of the University of Leipsig; DR..
c. Aschenbrenner, aerogeodician
and photogrammetriSt; Walter
BuSSe, photogrammetriSt; DR.,
Kohl Larsen, biologist and expedi-
ton surgeon; Capt. Walter Bruins,
secretary Of the Aeroarctic $50
ciety and assistant to DR.. Eek
ener; Robert Hartmann, camera
man, all of Germany.
Lieut.. Comdr. Edward H. Smith,
q. S. ice patrol, authority on ice
conditions in the Arctic; William
B. Leeds, David Brooks and my
self, all of America.
Woman Writer To Go
Lady Grace Drummond Hay,
writer, air traveller and aviatrix,
Of Great Britain.
Prof. r. L, Samoilovitch, direc-
tor of the Arctic Institute at
Leningrad, geographer and chief
of the scientific section OF the
expedition; Prof. P. A. Moltschan-
off, director Of Astrological obser-
vation at Leningrad, meteorologist
and aerologist of the expedition,
Of Russia. Russia will have a
third member, as yet unnamed,
but probably Prof. M. N. Kanis-
clatscheff, aviation specialist in
the Russian war academy.
DR.. l.. Jungdahl will be Swe-
den's representative. He is to
act as photographer.
Captain lehman, veteran of
all cruises Of the Graf, said to-
day:
"The Zeppelin will be gassed
and fuelled for more than 200
hours flight, or about nine
days continuous maneuvering
in the air. This is an extraOr-
dinariIy long time, and will
break all records.
1--WE can stay up this long by
holding the speed, of the airship
down to an average Of Sc miles
an hour. The last fuel will be
taken on at Leningrad or
ArchangelSk.
Graf To Be Ready
From the moment wilkins
leaves Spitzbergen for the
Pole, a distance Of 72O miles,
the Graf will be held in readi-
ness to make a dash to the
polar regions. 1t is believed
here that wilkins has studied,
planned and organized his ex-
peditiOn and anticipated every
emergency of the frozen North,
and that there will be no Occa-
sion on which he will need aid.
"Dr. Eckener is glad that
wilkins will reach the Polar
regions somewhat later than
expected, as weather conditions
of the first part of August ere
likely to be more favorable for
contracting the Nautilus than
they would be late in July.
There are about FL DAYS of fog