POLAR FLIGHT
WILKINS BEGINS THIRD ATTEMPT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, February 14, (Received February 15, at 10.20 a.m.) A message from Seattle states that Wilkins lias begun his third attempt to fly over the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole. He is proceeding to Alaska aboard the steamship Yukon, accompanied by Pilot Eilsen, with a ’plane, equipment, and supplies for a six months’ expedition. Before his departure Wilkins said that he would attempt a 2,100 miles (light from Point Barrow across the Pole to Spitsbergen this spring.
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Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 5
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88POLAR FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 5
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