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Captain R_old Amundsen announces by wireless that he ha* flown acr.ro*s the Pole. He started from Spitxbergen and crossed the Polar Basin towards Alaska, his landing point depending upon the conditions met with during- the flight. His direction was thus the reverse of the arrows shown in the map. Commander Bjrrd followed the same course, but returned after reaching the Pole. The other figures shown on the nap indicate the siege of the Arctic now in progress or in eontempjr. __M by the expeditions.

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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1926, Page 7

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Captain R_old Amundsen announces by wireless that he ha* flown acr.ro*s the Pole. He started from Spitxbergen and crossed the Polar Basin towards Alaska, his landing point depending upon the conditions met with during- the flight. His direction was thus the reverse of the arrows shown in the map. Commander Bjrrd followed the same course, but returned after reaching the Pole. The other figures shown on the nap indicate the siege of the Arctic now in progress or in eontempjr. __M by the expeditions. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1926, Page 7

Captain R_old Amundsen announces by wireless that he ha* flown acr.ro*s the Pole. He started from Spitxbergen and crossed the Polar Basin towards Alaska, his landing point depending upon the conditions met with during- the flight. His direction was thus the reverse of the arrows shown in the map. Commander Bjrrd followed the same course, but returned after reaching the Pole. The other figures shown on the nap indicate the siege of the Arctic now in progress or in eontempjr. __M by the expeditions. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1926, Page 7