First Crossing of the Polar Sea

• ISBN13: 9780898752878
• ISBN10: 0898752876
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

On May 12th, 1926, at 1:30 in the morning Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth looked down from the cabin of the airship Norge and knew that they were over the North Pole.

Author Biography

Roald Amundsen was born in 1872 in Borge, Norway. His expeditions include the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1910-12; the Mand Expedition to navigate the Northwest Passage, 1918-21; and the flight over the North Pole with Ellsworth in 1926. He is the author of several publications, which preserve the discoveries of his explorations: The Northwest Passage, The South Pole and The Northeast Passage.

Table of Contents

Plans and Preparations	p. 13
The Hangar and the Mooring-Masts	p. 25
Waiting at Svalbard	p. 47
From Rome to Svalbard	p. 59
Ready for the Start	p. 117
The Members of the Expedition	p. 127
Across the Polar Sea	p. 135
The Journey Home	p. 155
Back to Norway	p. 171
The Navigation over the Polar Sea	p. 179
Air-Navigation	p. 179
The Voyage	p. 199
Why We Chose an Airship	p. 230
Equipment	p. 236
Some Finishing Remarks	p. 241
Weather and Weather Warnings During the Polar Flight	p. 251
The "Norge's" Radio Station and the Radio Service on Board	p. 285
From April Ioth to 14th, 1926	p. 285
Signal Notes on Flight of the "Norge" from Rome to Pulham	p. 295
Index	p. 321
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