﻿AT 
  THE 
  NORTH 
  POLE 
  — 
  ELLSWORTH 
  

  

  325 
  

  

  the 
  fog 
  had 
  completely 
  cleared 
  away, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  wind. 
  The 
  

   navigator 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  on 
  his 
  knees 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  starboard 
  win- 
  

   dows 
  since 
  1.10 
  with 
  his 
  sextant 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  height 
  and 
  declination 
  

   that 
  the 
  sun 
  should 
  have 
  at 
  the 
  pole, 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  given 
  

   date, 
  suddenly 
  announced, 
  " 
  Here 
  we 
  are 
  ! 
  " 
  as 
  the 
  sun's 
  image 
  

   started 
  to 
  cover 
  his 
  sextant 
  bubble. 
  We 
  were 
  over 
  the 
  North 
  Pole 
  ! 
  

  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Route 
  of 
  the 
  "Norye" 
  across 
  the 
  Polar 
  Sea, 
  May 
  11-13, 
  1926. 
  (3,393 
  

   miles). 
  Also 
  route 
  of 
  1925 
  flight 
  

  

  With 
  motors 
  throttled 
  and 
  heads 
  uncovered, 
  we 
  descended 
  to 
  within 
  

   300 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  ice 
  and 
  dropped 
  the 
  three 
  flags. 
  As 
  we 
  circled 
  I 
  hung 
  

   over 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fuselage 
  of 
  our 
  floating 
  swing, 
  lost 
  in 
  wonder 
  at 
  

   sight 
  of 
  the 
  goal, 
  the 
  attainment 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  acted 
  as 
  the 
  motive 
  

   force 
  to 
  produce 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  wonderful 
  journeys, 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  

   terrible 
  conditions, 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  our 
  race; 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  recalled 
  

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