Airship NORGE landing on ice at Teller, Alaska, May 13, 1926

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Subjects: Airships > Alaska > Teller; Ice > Alaska > Teller; Norge (Airship); Nobile; North Pole; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1042

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 ]