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FURTHER news from Capt. Roald Amundsen fails to explain his movements. According to the Times of April 23, a message has been received in Norway from the wireless station on the Anadir to the effect that the expedition will arrive at Nome, Alaska, at the end of July. Nome is the port Amundsen reached on his accomplishment of the North-West Passage in the Gjoa in 1905. Possibly his ambitions include the North-West Passage before starting on his North Polar journey. These two difficult journeys, in addition to the discovery of the South Pole and the not improbable attainment of the North Pole, would be a remarkable record for one man. A start on the polar drift from Bering Strait or Point Barrow entails a longer route than Amundsen had originally intended, so that he may be calling at Nome for extra stores. News of the arrival of Amundsen himself at Anadir needs confirmation.
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Notes. Nature 105, 273–276 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105273d0
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