By a fortunate compromise, she will go with him to Pisa. Italy, where Amundsen’s planes are under construction by Dornier, famed German designer, and from there to Spitzbergen, Norway.

and nearly ended in disaster when the expedition’s two Dornier-Wals flying boats crash-landed after eight hours, having covered about 600 miles—well short of the North Pole. Amundsen and his ...

Roald Amundsen wollte "unsterblichen Ruhm". Mit einer Reise zum Nordpol war dieser aber nicht mehr zu holen. Also entschied er sich für eine andere Route. Buchstäblich von der eigenen Haustür ...