STILL NO SIGN

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 May 1925, Page 5

STILL NO SIGN

CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN’S PARTY. WEATHER UNFAVOURABLE. A DANGEROUS .TOURNEY, BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Received May 26, 10.30 a.in. OSLO, May 25. A message from Spitsbergen gives no news of Captain Amundsen. This morning the Hobby returned from Wellman Hay, having patrolled north and east of Danes Island. It found ice conditions difficult. Members of the expedition were somewhat depressed at Captain Amundsen’s failure to return. 11 the aeroplanes, are damaged, the aviators wil| have a long and dangerous journey back. The weather is cloudy and raw, and the temperature is below zero. The captain of the iFram saw from the top of Amsterdam Island open wate r northwards where the aeroplanes might Mine down. —Reuter. FORCED LANDING FEARED. LONDON, May 25. There is still no news of Captain Amundsen. A message received on Sunday from the Frs.ni states: “The weather outlook north of Spitzbergen is better than on Saturday, but is cloudy. The visibility in the afternoon was fair, and flying conditions are good. The meteorologists assume that the good weather is nearing a'n end, as the low pressure system is advancing towards, the Pole. If the right time is chosen for the return the airmen will have the wind behind them, but if their departure is delayed they will probably encounter thick, cloudy weather. “If the bad weather .reaches Wellsman’s Bay the Fram and the Hobby will have to leave in order to follow Amundsen’s instructions to patrol the * ice edge, where the aeroplanes will have every opportunity to descend into.the sea.”

NO CAUSE FOR ALARM

PROBABLE PLANS. COPENHAGEN, May 24. The editor of the Oslo Aftenpost, who was closely associated with Amundsen’s preparations. ' considers that the absence of news gives no cause for alarm. It will require at least 48 hours to carry out thorough observations similar to those carried out at the South Pole in 1911. -The editor considers that possibly one machine will return to Spitzbergen with Amundsen and the other will fly southwards to Cape Columbia or to the ship Maude, which is ice-bound near the Siberian Islands. Such a flight would be across the unknown areas which Amundsen originally intended to explore. UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER. LONDON, May 25. The Daily Mail publishes a Copenhagen wireless report from Spitzbergen as follows: “There is a complete unfavourable change in the weather. It is feared that Amundsen has been forced to land in the Polar Sea.”