Summary: | Caption on image: "Norge" landing on ice at Teller, Alaska. May 13, 1926 Contemporary accounts make no mention of anything other than a normal landing, so the "fire" in the picture would probably be scratches on the image Handwritten on verso of image: Roald Amundsen, Colonel [Umberto] Nobile flight over North Pole. Filed in Alaska--Cities/Locations--Teller The Airship Norge was a medium sized airship that on May 12, 1926 with a crew of 16 led by Roald Amundsen became the first to aviate the North Pole.the airship reached Teller, Alaska with only 7 hours of fuel left. [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship_Norge ]
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