INTO THE OPEN WATER

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 118, 22 May 1925, Page 8

INTO THE OPEN WATER

COASTING ALONG THE COASTLINE.

(ADITRAtIAH • NSW MAUND CABLB ASSOCIATION) (Received 22nd May, 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, 21st May. "The Hohby. goes into the open water beyond the ice, in case we are compelled to descend at sea. We shall continue along the coast to Danes Island and Amsterdam Island. If all goes well during the hours of flight, we shall then turn away for the Pole. I regard the flight along the north coast as a trial, and if everything is not satisfactory, I shall return to King's Bay or land at Danes Island and await the arrival of the ships." A further wireless states that Captain Amundsen has given Dietrichsen, pilot of the second aeroplane, No. 2,4, the following instructions : "In the event of the aeroplanes losing contact, No. 24 is under the command of Dietrichsen, who is authorised to name the King of Norway, ■and take possession of any land eventu--ally discovered."

Authority to take possession of any land discovered is derived from a telegram from the Norwegian Prime Ministor,- M. Mowinckel, who at the same time wishes Captain Amundsen Godspeed in the name of the entire Norwegian nation;