THE POLAR FLIGHT.
NEW LIGHT ON CONDITIONS. (BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Keeeived Juno 7th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 6. Tli 6 following copyright message from the Farm indicates that Aniundsen and his five companions may have run into n, snowstorm soon after they started their flight to the Pole in spite of the fine weather forecasts. The message, dated Dane Island, June sth, says:— The last few days have seen cloudy weather, with the temperature above freezing point. Spring has commenced. The snow is melting, but at the same timo a thick Polar fog prevails. Trappers who were wintering to the north on the Norae Islands arrived yesterday. They related thst on May 21st, when the Polar flight started under a" bright sky at King's Bay, the conditions prevailing at the Norse Islands were north-easterly winds with
snow. As the airmen, in spite of this snow, proceeded northwards, this supports our opinion that the snow was ouly local in the north-western corner of Spitzbergen, and that the weather is clear over the Polar ice.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 8 June 1925, Page 9
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178THE POLAR FLIGHT. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 8 June 1925, Page 9
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