Roald Amundsen... Airship Norge... North Pole...

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May 14, 1926

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 14, 1926

* Roald Amundsen & Airship Norge
* 1st official North Pole flight ?

The front page has a nice banner headline: "THINK NORGE WAS HEARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT; EFFORTS TO REACH HER SINCE HAVE FAILED; BYRD STARTS HIS STORY OF DASH TO THE POLE" with many subheads and related map. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, a little irregular along the spine, otherwise good.

wikipedia notes: The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out what many consider the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, who along with the Aero Club of Norway financed the trip.

Category: The 20th Century