MESSAGE FROM AMUNDSEN
BAFFLED BY PACK ICE. (Rec. May 2, 5.5 p.m.)' London, May I, "The Times" publishes . a message from Captain Amundsen, probably writ-, .ten at Christmas. He describes wintering at Chelyuskin, the.most northerly part of the Asiatic mainland, and piercing Nordenskjold Sea.. He was baffled by pack ice, voyaging in darkness until he reached Aion Island. Attempts to get into contact with Siberia wore baffled by the war conditions. He intended, after a visit to Alaska, ,to reenter the pack at Wrangel Island nr,d.; drift across the Polar Sea—"The •Times." ■ . FIVE-YEAR DRIFT ACROSS POLAR SEA PROPOSED. . (Rec. May 2, '11., p.m.) London, May 1. Tho message from Amundsen states that he proposes to winter in Alaska, thence go to Wrangel Island, enter the pack ice, and drift across the Pol'ai" Sea, taking five yeare.-iAus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [According to radio telegrams'received bv tho Naval Department at Washing-ton-from Cordora, Alaska, a few days ago, Captain Amundstm has abandoned his North Polar /trip.l .
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 186, 3 May 1920, Page 5
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