Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, pilot Umberto Nobile and 13 other people flew in a dirigible from Spitzbergen and reached the North Pole on May 12, 1926, three days after Byrd. They continued on to Alaska after a flight of 3,300 miles.
Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, pilot Umberto Nobile and 13 other people flew in a dirigible from Spitzbergen and reached the North Pole on May 12, 1926, three days after Byrd. They continued on to Alaska after a flight of 3,300 miles.