Show FOUND NOLAND Of BY AMUNDSEN IN fAR ARC ARCTIC l Claims Proof That No Great Continent Exists in in Polar Territory EXPLORERS ERS TELL WHY THEY LANDED Declare Heavy Fog and Gas Le Leakage kage Made It Impossible to Proceed NOME NO May 17 United Press More than a week weel after their de departure departure departure de- de from Crom Spitzbergen on on the Norge Roald Amundsen and and- Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin Ellsworth who with Umberto Nobile headed the Ells Amundsen-Ells- worth worth-Nobile polar expedition rested rested rested rest rest- ed in Nome today safe saCe after one of the most remarkable phases of or both aviation and e in iii history They brought here with them Item the answer to tw two more of ot the great m mysteries of the Arctic NO CONTINENT The They had established they said that no great polar continent exIsts exists ex ex- and they have hare proven it possible possible possible pos pos- sible to travel from Crom one side o of the world to the oth other r via the straight line across the pole by air Ellsworth Amundsen Oscar Om- Om dal daLI 1 chief e engineer o of the expedition expedition expedition tion and Captain na navigator tor arrived hero yesterday from Teller and told of their trip explained why it had been necessary to land at Teller There was such a heavy fog and snow that we vve were fortunate to sight Teller he said SIt It It was Impossible im impossible Im- Im possible to reach Nome as we vve fell short and had to make a forced landing The The Norge landed on the ice at Tell Teller r and the gas was Immediately immediately im Im- mediately let out She is now al almost almost almost al- al most totally disabled We Ve have proved ed conclusively that there was no land north o of Alaska concluded BECAME HEAVY A n ii grale t W S' S Jo Jh over Teller a l settlement ment of of-a of about f natives and and anda a handful of of whites when th the Norge Korge appeared about four p p. p in m in Thursday Alaska time The dirigible was becoming heavy from froma I n. n a leakage o of gas jas as Arctic winds forced the Norge to circle over the hamlet for two and anda a half hours As the gale abated momentarily an anchor was dropped The villagers heaved on the anchor lines To direct the mooring work Se Sergeant Set Ser geant Ettore e Arduino descended by parachute I The rhe Norge made the flight from Spitzbergen to Teller In 72 hours The Norge spent considerable time at the pole flying low above the Ice and then Chen rising until at atone atone atone one time the the ship ship was vas nine thousand feet above the earths earth's northernmost spot Early on on the morning after atter leaving Kings King s Bay the pole was reached A tog fog hung hong over the Ue desolate desolate desolate des des- Arctic sea ea CRAMPED RAMPED QUARTERS A trip with few outstanding Incidents in incidents incidents In- In was made nacle from the pole lole to Alaska Lack o of sleep cramped quarters and cold food and the constant battle against the elements were alone in the memories of the voyagers voyagers Aided by a n fair wind the Norge passed over Point Barrow on Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- ann anti and follo followed ed the coast line south Commander Nobile was reluctant to begin deflation of ot his ship shin at Teller b because cause of ot his pride in Its achievement Th The Norg Norge will be shipped to the United States for re- re construction As the dismantling went on an inspection showed that no damage had resulted from Crom the landing GREATER FAITH Amundsen said th that t as a result of the cruise h he had greater faith than than ever in lighter than air air craft found the Norge's Norg's gln S SIn in good shape and ind d MidI t had thad worked efficiently during the entire Continued on page 6 5 NO LAND FOUND BY AMUNDSEN IN FAR ARCTIC Continued from page 1 Sight flight lIe He is tO to return return to Teller later ater in the day fay and superintend the shipment of the Norge The absolute need of ot radio stations sta sta- for all phases of exploration and aviation was foreseen by Amundsen as a result of the flight Newspaper men were reminded by that the only men who had been at both the north pole and south pole were he and Amundsen ENGINES FIT stated that the Norge Norse cruised kilometers during the thelast past last month from Rome to England Norway Spitzbergen and Toller Toiler and declared that the engines were fit to perform rm the same sam feat again There was little mUe physical discomfort discomfort Iscom- Iscom fort caused by the Tamped ramped accommodations accommodations aboard the Hie earn and i ithe if it the Norge had had 1151 sufficient hydrogen hydrogen hydrogen hydro hydro- gen all would have liked to have pro preceded ceded on to the landing at Camp Lewis Wash Vash stated He said all members of ot the crew were high in their praise praise of the aerial navigation pf pt Lieutenant I Race Made to Obtain Pictures NOME Alaska May 17 United Press Two Press Two airplanes chartered by rival news reels companies In the states to fly from Fairbanks to Teller and secure pictures of the Amundsen dirigible l le Norge Norg and crew were returning successful In their quest today With a bonus promised the aviator who wha delivered a scoop scoop It appeared that the contest might end nearly In a tie The two planes swooped down here her l last st night almost at the same time The fliers reported they secured some good pictures of at the Norge re remaIns remains remains re- re mains and each pilot felt sure sure he would put his films aboard the midweek mid mm- week boat from Seward Explored Area 1 Greatly Enlarged NEW YORK May l 17 AP The AP The flight night of the Norge over the north i pole added square miles to I Ithe the earths earth's unexplored area arca but I leaves between and I square miles s as yet unseen by civilized man NOT INTERESTING The largest erea prea is miles in n the Antarctic which explorers consider uninteresting because the Antarctic is known to be covered with ice to feet thick The Ellsworth Amundsen-Ellsworth expedition expedition expedition tion cut the mile 1000 Arctic area In two leaving square miles miles' of ot unexplored territory toward SIberia Si Siberia Siberia SI- SI beria and toward the east Although no Jand was discovered by bythe the Norge explorers rs point out that islands are found throughout the known Arctic regions and th that t. t birds have been heen seen migrating that hat sec sec- tion SMALLER AREAS There are smaller unknown areas In North and South America Asia Africa and and on on a a few fw Islands Vilh- Vilh explored explored miles mile's of or previously unknown Cana Canu- in 1909 but l left tt miles untouched |