EXPEDITION DEFENDED
NOBILE INTERVIEWED FULL PURPOSE ACCOMPLISHED United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright Australian Press Association ROME, 3rd August. Nobile, in an exclusive interview granted to the British. United Press, proudly defended the Italia expedition. Throughout! the talk lie displayed a proud and haughty spirit, and was ready to challenge anyone attempting to discredit it. He said that'the expedition was worth all tho FuftVing and sacrifices owing to the wealth of scientific and geographical research it will give the world. No Polar expedition in history had accomplished scientifically as much/ "We succeeded. Wo need no excuses. I repeat that we accomplished our purpose fully. We flew for 243 hours, of which 134 were spent flying over the Polar regions. We encountered meteorological difficulties which tested the fibre of every man. We overcame a thousand difficulties; and had we continued for three hours the flight would have been ithe most, complete of any Arctic venture. The mishap to the Italia could not be foreseen."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 August 1928, Page 7
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162EXPEDITION DEFENDED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 August 1928, Page 7
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