AMUNDSEN’S PLANE
WRECKAGE FOUND a NORTH NORWEGIAN COAST (Un\tcd P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and Y.Z. Press Association) (United S oricc ) Reed. 3 a.m. OSLO, Thursday, The paper “Aftenposten” publishes a report that the wreckage of Captain Roald Amundsen’s plane has been found at Vesteraalen, in the Arctic Circle. Tlio Vesteraalen Islands are on the Norwegian coast, well to the north. The famous Norwegian explorer. Captain Roald Amundsen, left Tromso. Norway, on Monday, June IS. at 4 p.m. in a seaplane piloted by the French airman. Major Guilbaud. with Lieutenant Oietrichson as spare pilot. The seaplane was due at King’s Bay, Spitzbergen at 1 a.m. on Tuesday. June 19, but the whole population of the latter town waited in vain. It was. therefore, believed that the airmen must have attempted to reach General Nobile direct, but that was not the case. Tlio distance from Tromso to Foyn Island, where General Nobile and his fellow castaways then were, is about TOO miles. The giant seaplane in which Captain Amundsen and his companions travelled carried fuel sufficient for a flight of 2,000 miles. The party also took supplies for the relief of the marooned men.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 447, 31 August 1928, Page 9
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193AMUNDSEN’S PLANE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 447, 31 August 1928, Page 9
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