THE POLE CROSSED
ITALIAN EXPEDITION. HEAVY STORM ENCOUNTERED. NO LANDING POSSIBLE. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC > TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) • (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION— : - : UNITED SERVICE.) ' LONDON, May 23. .- Reports from Oslo state the airship Italia has crossed the North Pole. A later message vi a King’s Bay states the Italia crossed the North Pole at midnight, no landing being possible. A message from King’s Bay states that the Italia reported encountering a heavy storm, making it almost impossible to steer. Therefore it is returning. If it is impossible to land at King’s Bay it will make for Vadsoe, where everything is in readiness lor landing during the night. The Italia remained over the North Pole from one till two o’clock in the morning. She is now en route to Spitbergen.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 May 1928, Page 5
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126THE POLE CROSSED Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 May 1928, Page 5
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