Roald Amundsen, 1925 (photo)

Roald Amundsen. Norwegian polar explorer. 1872-1928. In 1925, Amundsen made an attempt to reach the North Pole with the two flying boats "N 24" and "N 25". On 21 May 1925, the two flying boats started from Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard. On "N 25" Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was the pilot, Roald Amundsen the navigator and Karl Feucht the mechanic. On "N 24" Leif Ragnar Dietrichson sat at the controls, Lincoln Ellsworth was the navigator and Oskar Omdal the mechanic. They landed at 8744' north, but had great difficulty getting airborne again. Pictured: N-25 is loaded. The aircraft was used in flight in 1925 to establish that land was missing between northeast Greenland and the North Pole