Article by the Associated Press for the Portland Telegram, 18 June 1921
Date18 June, 1921
AbstractCorrespondence, newspaper articles, and other material related to the ill-fated 1921 expedition to Wrangel Island.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call Numberstefansson-wrangel-09-05-059-001
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Port Telegram
The Journal refers to
the Karluk as the
"American expedition ship, Karluk"
K.
The Journal refers to
the Karluk as the
"American expedition ship, Karluk"
K.
[gap: ][J]UNE 18, 1921
Amundsen Arrives in Nome
After Winter Off Siberian
Coast in Disabled Vessel
After Winter Off Siberian
Coast in Disabled Vessel
Craft to Be Towed to Sound
City for Repairs, After
Which Attempt to Reach
Pole Will Be Renewed.
City for Repairs, After
Which Attempt to Reach
Pole Will Be Renewed.
By Associated Press.
NOME, Alaska, June 18.—Roald
Amundsen, the explorer, whose
ship, the Maude, wintered off Cape
Serge, Siberia, arrived in Nome to
day and will leave for Seattle on the
first steamer, he announced. The
Maude lost a propeller in the ice
during the winter and will be towed
to Seattle some time this summer for
repairs.
Amundsen, the explorer, whose
ship, the Maude, wintered off Cape
Serge, Siberia, arrived in Nome to
day and will leave for Seattle on the
first steamer, he announced. The
Maude lost a propeller in the ice
during the winter and will be towed
to Seattle some time this summer for
repairs.
The explorer, noted for his discov
ery of the South Pole and his many
Arctic and Antarctic voyages, said he
would continue his efforts to reach
the North Pole by drifting with Arctic
ice floes as soon as repairs to his ves
sel were completed.
ery of the South Pole and his many
Arctic and Antarctic voyages, said he
would continue his efforts to reach
the North Pole by drifting with Arctic
ice floes as soon as repairs to his ves
sel were completed.
He spent the winter on board the
Maude with one native and three
white companions, and said the party
experienced few vicissitudes. He
reached Nome on the trading schoon
er Herman which had picked him up
at East Cape, Siberia.
Maude with one native and three
white companions, and said the party
experienced few vicissitudes. He
reached Nome on the trading schoon
er Herman which had picked him up
at East Cape, Siberia.
With the explorer were the daugh
ter of Charles Carpenter, a Siberian
trader, and a Chuchuk Eskimo girl,
whom he will send to school in Nor
way.
ter of Charles Carpenter, a Siberian
trader, and a Chuchuk Eskimo girl,
whom he will send to school in Nor
way.
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