AMUNDSEN’S EXPEDITION
LONDON, May 27. Advices from Bergen state that it is now settled that Amundsen will start for the North Pole from Wainwright, Alaska, to Spitzbergen, about June 20. The trip is expected to take 24 hours. A Norwegian patrol ship and tw,o seaplanes will assist in the flight, the former cruising on the edge of the polar ice, north of Spitzbergen, while seaplanes will fly northward to the pole to meet Amundsen and escort him home or help if necessary.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18791, 29 May 1923, Page 9
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82AMUNDSEN’S EXPEDITION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18791, 29 May 1923, Page 9
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