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Show ON POLAR TRIP Pair of Norwegian Flyers Will Accompany Roald Amundsen ' HRISTIANI.A Norway, Jan. 28. ! By Tho Associated Press.) Two Norwegian a lulor.s, Lieutenant rndal ind Sergeant Odd Imhl. will accompany accom-pany Roald Amundsen hert he starts north again from Seattle Wash, next May and will make a dash for tho North Pole by airplane They will also carry a moving pic-ture pic-ture outfit and about 80.000 feet of 1 film. Two -tra men have been engaged en-gaged here by Amundsen for the expedition. ex-pedition. Roth Omdal and Dahl are expert I wireless operators and expect to keep the Maud. Amundsen's ship. In touch wlth Spitsbergen ;iml to receive messages mes-sages from the Norwegian wireless station at Stavangpr. The two aviators will join the Maud 'at Seattle. The airplanes to be used In the North Pole dash will have motors mo-tors of 60-horse-power accommodate two passengers and be provided with : skis and wheels. nlv rine machine v. Ill be used at .1 i I time and the other held In reserve- As jthe Mauri does not offer sufficient i space o shed must be built on the ice 1 for them. The Norwegian army and nav have 'presented to the explorers the arms and munitions they may need and 60 hoxe of specially selected provisions. tested by Professor Torup of the i physiological laboratory of the Unlyer- i Bity of Ghrlstlanla, will be sent to Seattle for their use. |