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Three-Cornered Polar Air Race Aims for Arctic Mystery End
The United States faces possible defeat in the Arctic air race as Renold Amundsen and Gettir Algarsson race from Europe and Canada toward Spitzbergen, with Donald MacMillan leading a U S team to probe the pole. The voyage explores a vast unknown stretch between Alaska and the pole, seeking hidden land and possibly a new continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Lewing
Central Press
Washington
United States
Arctic
Renold Amunsden
Norway
Spitzbergen
Pole
Gettir Algarsson
England
Donald B. Macfillen
Navy
Algarsson
MacMillan
Amundsen
U. S
Org
Alaska
MacMullen
James Xattan
Ellsworth
Germany
Hus
Ruser-Larsen
Ttardsen
Kings Bay
Dole
Wrangel Island
Bering Strait
Nazionas
Aigarssen
Joan M Jaynes
Massachusetts Instiute of Technology
Fefy McDonald
Chicago
Radio Broadcasters’ League
Radio
R.E. Byrd
Sis M. A. Sehur
Earl EB Reber
Uncle Sam
Potomac
Amtec
Wmocook Field
Pontas
MacVillan
Tromso
Mac Sduan
Etah
Greenland