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.
Spare ski bindings
Spare pigskin reins for sledge
1 primus with aluminium pan (large)
1 box of spare parts and prickers for primus
30 litres of petrol
“Meta” stove and one box of fuel tablets
1 kg boot dubbin
Sailmaker’s palm, sewing rings, large needles and sail twine
1 bubble sextant (for air navigation)
1 pocket sextant (for sledge travel)
1 artificial horizon
Chart, chart plate, dividers, 2 protractors, pencils and navigation tables
1 logbook
1 pair binoculars
6 small and 4 large smoke bombs
1 smoke bomb pistol
1 current meter
1 solar compass
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.
1 shotgun with 200 cartridges
1 rifle with 200 rounds
1 Colt pistol with 50 rounds
1 electric flashlight
Spare parts and specialist tools for the engine
1 axe
1 snow shovel
1 saw
Rope
Ice anchor
1 spare ski pole
1 petrol bucket and funnel
1 oil funnel
1 kg of aniline dye
½ sack of sedge grass
Ski wax
3 filled pilot balloons (for measuring wind speed/direction)
3 pairs of snowshoes
Also, between the two aircraft:
1 large and 1 small film camera
600 meters of film
2 still cameras with film and plates
1 fuel pump with hose
Behm depth-sounding equipment with cartridges
Polar postcards
Source: Follo museum, MiA.
Source:
Amundsen, Roald, and others: Our Polar flight : the Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar flight, 1925 📜.