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Show sea. Upon the t went v-firt uitempt t1i-3 Uralla.nt little craft vvnt through. The Northwest p.i.s-aure, whuje exi-teiice had been .suspected for li uti'lre-Is of years, but whose location had never been tie-terminrL'J, tie-terminrL'J, had been made. Soon after that great achieve men t Captain Amundsen came to Salt. Lake on a lecture tour. At that time lie expressed ex-pressed a grave doubt that the Northwest North-west passage would ever have any commercial com-mercial value, and also the belief in the possibility that it miht close at any time. However, from the viewpoint of a navigator, the discovery was one of the most notable in maritime history. Nime years ao Captain Amundsen led tho intrepid Norwegian group which discovered the South Pole. Subsequently, Subsequent-ly, British explorers found the Norwegian Norwe-gian flag at the Antarctic apex, planted there by Amundsen. In many respects the hardships of the Antarctic expedition expedi-tion were vastly greater than those encountered en-countered upon any of Amundsen's previous pre-vious excursions into the icebound fastnesses, fast-nesses, and when ho again visited Salt Lake tho privations and sufferings which he had undergone were plainly evident in impaired health. Amundsen Amund-sen recovered, however, and now is once more engaged in the perilous task of conquering the formidable obstacles of the Far North. A DARING EXPLOIT. Ono year ago next Monday Captain Cap-tain Roald Amundsen parted from civilization, civili-zation, and since then no "word has been heard of him. Nor is it likely that any news will be had of him for at least two years more. Captain Amundsen and, his bold and sturdy associates are locked in the ice somewhere in the Frozen North. They are drifting westward In the hope of crossing the North Pole. . , The schooner Maud, built and equipped especially for the voyage of exploration, was last heard of at Dixson island, a "White sea point. There she took in oil for her motors and departed into tho northeast, her commander hoping hop-ing soon to be icebound and adrift in a current favorable to his purpose. Among other equipment the Maud carries a wireless transmitting apparatus, appara-tus, but no receiving set. This seemingly seem-ingly extraordinary circumstance is accounted ac-counted for by Captain Amundsen's determination de-termination ''not to be bothered with news of the outside world." Probably the decision to omit the receiving outfit out-fit was dictated by a fear that, encountering encoun-tering desperate conditions, as surely they must, the crew of the Maud would be less likely to complain of their lot, knowing that they would be unable to receive any sympathetic messages from the world they left behind. The Maud also carries two airships. There is a possibility that if the vessel is carried near the pole, but not directly over it, Captain Amundsen will try for the goal in a plane. Also, it is possible pos-sible that, when his hazardous journey shall have been nearly completed and his ship in safe waters, he may quit her and fly home with the news of his discoveries. dis-coveries. Captain Amundsen's intention, at the time of starting, was either to return to Grant land, west of Greenland, or go to Melville island, which lies in the Arctic, north of Canada. Should ho reach Melville he probably would travel by sea to Nome or overland to Dawson. Daw-son. If the explorer's calculations go forward satisfactorily, he will follow quite closely in the course of Nansen's Fram. In 1895-9G Xanscn undertook a drift in the-hope of crossing the pole, but he left the ship through necessity and made an attempt to reach the ' ' top ' y on foot. Later it developed hat the Fram drifted as close to the pole as Nansen had approached it. Captain Amundsen's voyage is undertaken under-taken with no idea of winning additional addi-tional fame, for, in the first placo, he already has attained to unparalleled distinction dis-tinction in Arctic explorations; and, in the second place, Konld Amundsen is not that sort of man. His object is to obtain scientific data at the pole. He will, in addition to conducting meteorological mete-orological observations, take soundings and make a study of ice conditions and ocean currents. In 1903-OG Captain Amundsen sailed a ship through the Northwest passage, a feat never before accomplished, nor since. For three years Amundsen had been engaged in making observations, with the aim of accurately fixing the true magnetic pole. His notes completed, com-pleted, he shoved the little (ijoa's nose into numerous rents in tho ice in an experimental way, thinking that ono of them might offer a lino to tho western |