POLAR FLIGHT.

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1926, Page 5

POLAR FLIGHT.

AMUNDSEN’S PLAN. The Prospects. VANi'Ol’VElt. Feb. 24. Captain Aniundscn, the expl »rer. i cor.fid?nt of passing over the Kort Pole in his flight, in an Italian-ma<.l dirigible of the semi-rigid type fror Spitzbergen to Point Darrow i Alaaska in May. He declared flier was not the slightest doubt ho woub make it. He stated he would bo flyin; in the Polar Regions when the atmos pherie conditions a\ ere ideal. Captain Amundsen doubts the exist once of any great continent in the Pola ■Region. As far as he was r able t< judge from his years of experience ii exploration work, the Pole was sur rounded by ai million square miles 01 water and an enormous field ot‘ ice. lie said he deeply regretted tha; Wilkins’s expedition had decided to list an airplane in its Pohu flight. He be lieves airplanes at their present stagi of development are useless for I’ola. work. With a drigible there was nc necessity of a searching for non-exist ent landing places, ami there was r greater possibility of success