RACE TO THE POLE
WILKINS AND AMUNDSEN. PREPARATIONS ALREADY FORWARD. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, January 5. The spring will witness what is virtually a race to th e Arctic. Men are already working at the hangar of Captain Amundsen’s airship for his projected flight in April, while Lieutenant Wilkins hopes to start in an aeroplane from Alaska in Match. The Arctic authority of the “Daily Express” points out that each explorer will fly in in a different 'direction, Lieutentant Wilkins starting early in order to avoid thaws.. In the event of Captain Amundsen's ship being unable to enter King’s Bay, where he proposes to take ho the air, Lieutenant Wilkins has. every chance of winning On the other hand, it is possible that Captain Amundsen will fly from Spitzbergen \
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2338, 7 January 1926, Page 7
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134RACE TO THE POLE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2338, 7 January 1926, Page 7
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