WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Our polar flight cover

Our polar flight

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Roald Amundsen
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

History - Modern (1750+)Travel Writing

About This Book

The account chronicles an early attempt to explore the high Arctic by airplane, combining expedition narrative, technical reports, navigational analysis, meteorological study, and personal diary entries. It follows preparation and departure from base, assembly and handling of aircraft on sea ice, aerial surveys and landings on the polar pack, and the teams’ efforts to cope with ice, weather, and mechanical limits. Distinct sections present different crew perspectives on the flights, a navigator’s methods and instruments, a close log of events during a critical period ashore and aloft, and scientific observations and maps illustrated by photographs made on the journey.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Before We Left We Planted our Norwegian Flag Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Lincoln Ellsworth 2
The Directors of the King’s Bay Coal Company, Messrs. Brandal and Knutsen 3
Sailmaker Rönne 3
“Fram” Moored to the Ice at the Edge of King’s Bay 22
Unloading 22
The Games on May 17th 23
The Planes Were Put Together Near the Coal Company’s Workshops 23
The Crew of N 25: Riiser-Larsen, Amundsen, Feucht 38
The Crew of N 24: Ellsworth, Dietrichson, Omdal 38
Photograph of Amundsen’s Machine Taken in Flight 39
When the Two Planes Were Near Each Other 54
A New Lead Opening in the Ice 55
Getting Ready for a Fresh Start 55
Collecting Snow Blocks for a Run-way 70
Trying Out Our Bulb Sextants 71
Fast in the Ice 71
Members of the Expedition Arriving at King’s Bay 92
Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth at the Reception by the King of Norway 93
Lincoln Ellsworth and N 24 Just Before the Start 104
The Polar Sea from the Sky 105
N 25 Above the Polar Pack Just Before Landing at 87° 44’ 118
N 24 and Our Arctic Home 119
Ellsworth, Amundsen, Larsen and Feucht with the Implements with Which They Moved 300 Tons of Ice 134
Lincoln Ellsworth After the Trip 135
Captain Roald Amundsen, Just Before the Take-off from Spitzbergen 150
Just Before the Take-off 151
Our Footgear 151
Taking the Wings Out of Their Boxes 166
Setting Up the Wings 166
Mounting the Wings 167
The Last Meeting Before the Flight 167
The Edge of the Polar Ice Pack 182
Our Last Hope for a Take-off 183
Disembarking from the Sjoliv at King’s Bay 198
Members of the Expedition After Their First Dinner Ashore 199
Our First Solid Camp 199
Preparing the Planes for Their Arctic Flight 214
The Last View of Spitzbergen 215
Edge of the Polar Pack 215
The Sjoliv, the Sealer That Picked Them Up 230
At Brandy Bay, Northeast Land, on the Way Home 231
Amundsen—Before the Trip 246
Amundsen—After 246
Ellsworth—Before 246
Ellsworth—After 246
Riiser-Larsen—Before 247
Riiser-Larsen—After 247
Dietrichson—Before 247
Dietrichson—After 247
Omdal—Before 262
Omdal—After 262
Feucht—Before 262
Feucht—After 262
The Explorers at Oslo 263
The Two Meteorologists 344
N 25 on the Way to Oslo 344
Route of the Amundsen-Ellsworth Flight 345
The Course of the Ships on Watch 356
Territory Explored by the Flight Expedition 357