1925 To 88 degrees north

Expedition equipment for each flying boat

Amundsen with the collapsible canvas boat before flying north from Ny-Ålesund. The boat was constructed from ribs of ash held in place by duralumin tubes. The boat weighed 11.3 kg and could carry three men. Two oars together weighed 1.5 kg. Photo: Norwegian Polar Institute / National Library of Norway.
The tent pitched by N 24 after the landing in the ice. Photo: Norwegian Polar Institute / National Library of Norway.

After landing in the ice, both crews tried to attract the other’s attention with smoke bombs. Photo: Norwegian Polar Institute / National Library of Norway.
Riiser-Larsen with a Goerz solar compass. Photo: Norwegian Polar Institute / National Library of Norway.

Also, between the two aircraft:

Source: Follo museum, MiA.

 

Source:

Amundsen, Roald, and others: Our Polar flight : the Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar flight, 1925 📜.

1872
Roald Amundsen born July 16
1880
Starts at Otto Andersen’s School
1886
Jens Engebreth Amundsen dies
1887 – 1889
Polar interest aroused
1890
Starting university
1893
Gustava Amundsen (née. Sahlqvist) dies
1893
Mountain ski tour with Urdahl and Holst
1894
Hunting in Arctic waters with the Magdalena
1895
Ship’s Officer’s exam
1896
Hardangervidda with Leon
1897 – 1899
Belgica expedition
1899
Cycling from Christiania to Paris
1900
Studying geomagnetism in Hamburg
1903 – 1906
Gjøa expedition
1907
Polar bears as draft animals
1908
Amundsen buys Uranienborg
1909
The North Pole reached?
1910 – 1912
Fram expedition
1914
Amundsen becomes a pilot
1916 – 1917
The polar ship Maud is being built
1918
Maud expedition
1922
Nita and Camilla move in
1923
Uranienborg for sale
1924
Amundsen goes bankrupt
1925
To 88 degrees north
1925
1925 To 88 degrees north. Flying boat equipment
1926
Norge expedition
1927
Lecture tour in Japan
1928
Latham flight
1934 – 1935
Uranienborg becomes a museum
1938
Betty’s house burns down
2015
A chest full of photographs is discovered
2020
Roald Amundsen’s home goes digital