RACE TO ARCTIC
BETWEEN AMUNDSEN AND WILKINS FLIGHT FROM DIFFERENT STARTING POINTS By Telegraph. —PeEss Assuciahon. Copyright. London, January 5. Spring will witness what is virtually a race to the Arctic. Men are already working on the hangar for Captain Amundsen’s airship for his projected flight in April, while Captain Wilkins hopes to start in an aeroplane from Alaska in March. An Arctic authority in the “Daily Express” points out that the explorers will flv in different directions, Captain Wilkin’s starting early in order to avoid the thaws. In the event of Amundsen’s ship being unable to enter King’s Bay, where be proposes to take the air, Wilkins has every chance of winning. On the other hand, it is possible that Amundsen will fly to Spitzbergcn.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 87, 7 January 1926, Page 7
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129RACE TO ARCTIC Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 87, 7 January 1926, Page 7
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