THE POLAR FLIGHT.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1925, Page 3

THE POLAR FLIGHT.

amund.skn eels OUT

SANGUINE OF SUCCESS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OtBLX ASROCIAIION.

(.Received this day at 9.25 a.in.) OS WO, March 31. A salute to the adventurers was tired

bv the Coast artillery when the Nor-

wegian naval auxiliary Fratn lett Horten for Spitsbergen with Captain Amundsen and party Avhcn setting out to reach the North Row. Amundsen declare his success m

reaching the South I’otc thirteen yearn k ago "'ns a trivial matter aft eom"v pared with tile efforts lie made on 'l Ships to drill, "ill, the. eo. rent to. wards the North Pole. “Never again will I attempt a voyage )>_v sea. This occasion means I will get there by air,’’ said the Captain. A copy of the programme, left wit the Government authorities, has underlined in red ink the part in which Amundsen states that he will land exactly at the pole within ten hours of setting out from Dankseol Isle. Interviewed, Captain Amundsen said: “I have all that can he desired in material, men and money. My faith in success is of the deepest. 'I he journey mav hold terrors in the rnrihci atmosphere of which the scientist and explorer are unaware and which may he insurmountable ; but, if I 1 n ‘ l solne ‘ thing will be added to the sum of human knowledge; if I succeed a new vsiou mav he opened to the world of a great new trade and passenger route laid round the neck of the earth. ’ From Dankseof to the Pole is .00 miles. Although ten hours is allowed Amundsen hopes to accomplish the llieht in eight hours. tlo SC aplanes arc built throughoutof aluminium. • ... n - Captain Amundsen insisted on H i- , tish engines and navigational height instruments. The (light may lie commenced on 2Gth. April. LONDON. 3larch 31. From the Pole Amundsen intends to attempt to fly to Alaska. He will also explore the polar region tor an aerodrome .site to enable cross-pole flights, connecting Loudon and Japan "lthin fifty hours.