In a Flying Boat Across the Greenland Ice Cap to U.S.A.

• Published in: The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society
• Main Author: von Gronau, Wolfgang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1932
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Watkins; South Point; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0368393100115159; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0368393100115159

My flight from List, Germany, to Chicago, via Greenland and Labrador, was made in July and August of 1931. I had previously made a similar flight to America in 1930 when I chose the south point of Greenland and became very much impressed by this magnificently interesting country. Ever since that flight I had a strong desire to explore this country more closely. My desire for a second flight became acute when we, in Germany, received the first reports of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition, under the leadership of Mr. Watkins. Their weather reports for our prospective flight were very favourable and I immediately set to work to organise my second venture.