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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17571, 23 June 1925, Page 1

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AMUNDSEN’S STORY. EON DON, Juno 22. Am iiniitea's diary continues:— “ Tiio 'plane wan frozen in by th. 9 ■ ’.on:inst and could not be moved, fo prepared on May 22 for a jouricy to Capo Columbia. So far wo ml not aeon N 21, but heard a shot ••• tried out a path, but it re-froze frv. as we exit it. Therefore, vo had to hack a path over a floe !=cr Larsen used an axe. Touch an • anchor, and I a knife fastened '’■» a elii stave. At night time the !; milometer read 10i Fahrenheit. Vo were terribly cold, sleeping 1 in to -oe a ilag mounted on a tail doc by which wo found N 24 party rid exchanged signals. Wo lean d ou-.tuut pumping. * Mcanwhi u -the v* drift brough tho parties closer -W-M day N-M was abandoned ad icxtricable, and her crew began to • >es the new ice. lliiser Larson id myself went out ia a canvas ©at to help- them. Suddenly we ard. Bietriclison and Omdal calling •r b-lp. They had gone through -■ r.o earn ing a heavy load. Ellsjoined Diet rich Ben, and the vo together saved Omdal juet an was disappearing under tho ice. •tli owed their lives to life-belts mi waistcoats, purchased as aa af•rthought at- Thomson. The coinlaed party of eix began making a u-iu-go for N 25 according to tho bes' ..ad-making principles. Firstly, ie© -u:k“ were laid down, and idea, frag•2.ll U Thu fcjittw track was ready by ie evi.inng‘ of May 27. Though the ■JSinus were running, tho livu of us •ul i" help as best we could to mum : machine. Finally wo reached »* "= D-.o clear of danger of juucli- - h rations cut down, w« lx> ; ;:-j enfeebled. Currents drove us mb--, ardj, and then back. Wo ths- '•■( i.iio pj.=2ibilitios of further ' - i j'.ior- had shown the impos- : of finding a landing plaoe v! ; .-j of accurately determining ■ pjHlion wl' the Pole. It- would ■ * -pi • have been a, continuation of i- tight- over the ocean near the '.c, which vac of doubtful value. iti d not worth the nek. We here n on May JO the clearing ica t'reCa, but- our first attempt to <J.--•!rt on Juno 1 failed, the ice break- • g lxsneath the plant. Tho poei’ii v;j,3 ucv ugly. Tvo awaken©J •arly in the morning- to find the ico Mwiing the plane arouod. The hull ■ • ere ■.■.king and groaning. tried to- start ou June but the jUC- was cloggy, so vc Lad to clear it- away. By 7 - c had completed live hundred .vLres of track, half of which was !•■>■■>.Uvl through n. crack. Another attempt to ctart the plane was uc • that conl'l bo dispensed with. •|._- temperature became lover, but t-r .© was blowing, so wo again . ' to iiv. Riis-er I>arssQ skilfully ~ 0 i r -patches, and wo made net re . Nearing the c: i- but juFr- sufiTcieut to take I .-t .iump from the flo© and wo • t la-t our feelings can be .ag n d We munched biscuits and j© ■•■’are and began to wonder vrhor v ' had enough petrol, but wo • ; t\v the heights cf Spitzbcr-Ah-.ut this time* tlio fct-abiii C a- | ;i ’udder- begun to giv<s trouble, • ! fi.L’Uy the ;>arty had to alight i* a Hi Til©;, rodo over ' >•-•© id r« ached laud on the v.e.-t •|C OI North Cajie. i w -r t'oct. on ihe hard moun- ' a -:.{•■. I tliink wo all thanked .1 f •!- hi- help during tho month's f St ant battle ft r lift. We were •.•paring to tat when a shout 'ship •y ’ was heard. Wo saw the sealand ;.l! niphed aboard tho ’plane d taxied out to tho sealer, ou iicli wo journeyed to king's B«,y, here v. e were royally welcomed.. . e arc now busy tiliiag out the holies- spots between our ribs."