Norge Arctic flight 1926

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Norge Arctic flight 1926 was a pioneering trans-Arctic airship expedition led by Roald Amundsen that achieved one of the first verified crossings of the North Pole.

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Norge Arctic flight 1926 canonical 1
Norge transpolar flight 1

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instanceOf Arctic expedition
airship flight
polar exploration mission
achievement first undisputed trans-Arctic flight over the North Pole
one of the first verified crossings of the North Pole by air
airshipType semi-rigid airship
arrivalLocation Teller, Alaska
category North Pole exploration
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
surface form: Roald Amundsen expeditions

trans-Arctic flight
coLeader Lincoln Ellsworth
Umberto Nobile
commander Roald Amundsen
contrastWith disputed North Pole claims by Frederick Cook
disputed North Pole claims by Robert Peary
crewSize about 16
departureArchipelago Svalbard
departureIsland Svalbard
surface form: Spitsbergen
departureLocation Ny-Ålesund research station
surface form: Ny-Ålesund
designerOfAirship Umberto Nobile
distanceCovered approximately 5300 km
endDate 1926-05-14
explorationArea Arctic Ocean
polar regions
financialBacker Lincoln Ellsworth
followedBy 1928 Italia Arctic expedition
surface form: Italia Arctic airship expedition 1928
hazardsFaced extreme cold
ice and fog conditions
limited navigation aids
historicalPeriod interwar period
leader Roald Amundsen
nationalContext Italy
Norway
notableFor international cooperation in polar exploration
use of airship technology for long-distance polar travel
precededBy Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
surface form: Amundsen–Ellsworth 1925 Dornier Wal attempt
purpose scientific exploration of the Arctic
to demonstrate feasibility of airship travel over the Arctic
routePoint North Pole
sponsor Norwegian Aero Club
surface form: Aero Club of Norway

Norwegian Aero Club
surface form: Norsk Luftseiladsforening
startDate 1926-05-11
usedVehicle airship Norge
verificationStatus generally accepted as a verified North Pole crossing
year 1926

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Roald Amundsen dateOfEvent Norge Arctic flight 1926
Lincoln Ellsworth participatedIn Norge Arctic flight 1926
this entity surface form: Norge transpolar flight