AMUNDSEN'S PARTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 127, 1 June 1925, Page 7

AMUNDSEN'S PARTY.

HOPES FOR SUCCESSMESSAGES niOM SPITZBEItGEN NANSEN OPTIMISTIC. (By Cable.—rreas Association.— Copyrisrlit.) LOXDOX, May 31. A wireless message from the mothership of the Amundsen-Ellsworth Xorth Polar expedition dispatched from Spitzbergrn on Saturday said: — '"Ten days have now* parsed since Cnptain Amundsen and his comrades left here on their flight to tin; I'olo. We are hep-inning to doubt whether we shall see the airmen return in the two aeroplanes. -Last night the Farm left Wcllman's Bay for King's Bay for hunkering. The only members of the expedition now remaining at the former place are ( aplain llorgen, commander of the Hobby during her natrol of the ice-edge, Messrs. Berge, Wlnirton, Zappfe and Ramm. The other members of the party will probably leave Kind's Bay to-night. "The meteorological service has also now ended as Captain Amundsen snid the meteorologists could return home at the first opportunity. "We shall return to Welluian's Bay on Sunday when, in spite of our we hope to have an agreeable surprise." A wireless message sent out from the Farm on Friday night said the sky was clear and that the latest reports suggested that it was improbable that clouds would cover the whole of the I'olar Basin for the next two days. The Oslo correspondent of the "Observer" says everything indicates that the airmen have enjoyed fine weather during their stay at "the Pole. The days so spont would have enabled Captain Amundsen to make exact observations, which Peary omitted to do. Captain Amundsen had probably not been unaware of the coming of a change in the weather, but as he had 30 days' food and air-tight tents, he would natur;ally settle down at the Pole until the 'weather was favourable for the return flight. This would he in conformity with Captain Amundsen's character, which left nothing to chance. The Oslo representative of the "Central Xews" says experts still maintain with confidence" that Captain Amundsen is in the vicinity of the Pole making observations and that he will return when the weather permits him to do so. The Soviet Government has instructed all Russian wireless stations to look out for the airmen and to Teport if any signs of the expedition are seen along the I Siberian coast. ! Dr. Xansen. the famous Arctic, explorer, who arrived at Berlin to-day, is most optimistic regarding Captain AmundscYi. He says it is too early to be anxious about him.—'A. and K.Z. Cable.)