FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE
TO BE ATTEMPTED BY AMERICAN METEOROLOGIST STUDY OF AIR CURRENTS AND MAGNETIC VARIATION By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. August 2, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, August. 1. Mr. Edwin Naulty, American meteorologist, has announced that he will make a flight across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole, and thence to Spitzbergen, to the North Cape in Norway. A start will be made from Point Barrow, Alaska, in September. A stop will be made at the Pole for observation. One aeroplane will bo used, and there will be three pilots besides himself. Mr. Naultv declares that the adventure is not an incentive, but he hopes to accomplish certain scientific results and study Arctic air currents, magnetic variation. and inclination. The machine will be equipped with wireless for the communication of civilisation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 265, 3 August 1921, Page 5
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135FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 265, 3 August 1921, Page 5
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