Northward Ho!

Polar exploration is popular this summer. Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norseman who reached the South Pole first, will hop off from Wainwright, Alaska, June 21, in an attempt to fly over the North Pole to Spitzbergen.

According to German advices, his airplane, unknown to him, is a defective second-hand machine, and fears are felt for his safety. The Junker Airplane Company, is bringing two planes to Spitzbergen for rescue work, and unless the explorer is heard from within a reasonable time, they will circle the Arctic Zone in the direction of the Pole, scanning the vast ice pack for trace of the aviator, who, with his pilot, has supplies for but 24 hours.

The Norwegian government is sending a boat and two hydroplanes to the edge of the pack, and the German government will send a cruiser to act as station ship.

Amundsen's pilot, Lieut. Oskar Omdahl, has been reported dead from Nome, but a mail carrier who left Wainwright, April 28, where Omdahl, spent the winter, said all there were well. Amundsen is taking with him moving picture apparatus for filming the polar region.

Dr. Donald B. MacMillan, former classical instructor and accomplished explorer, sailed from Wiscasset, Me., July 16, for a two years' Arctic voyage. He plans to coast along the Greenland shore, studying terrestrial magnetism, and will winter at Cape Sabine, returning in the fall of 1924. Under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, he will erect a bronze tablet on the site of the old Greeley expedition camp, where 18 men perished.

Captain Robert A. Bartlett, who accompanied Peary to within 110 miles of the Pole, will spend three years in the Arctic, measuring air currents, charting the bottom of the sea, and gathering flora. His expedition is financed by an anonymous millionaire. Both Bartlett and MacMillan will carry complete radio equipment and will report their scientific findings thereby,