LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Before We Left We Planted our Norwegian Flag [Frontispiece] | |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Lincoln Ellsworth | [2] |
| The Directors of the King’s Bay Coal Company, Messrs. Brandal and Knutsen | [3] |
| Sailmaker Rönne | [3] |
| “Fram” Moored to the Ice at the Edge of King’s Bay | [22] |
| Unloading | [22] |
| The Games on May 17th | [23] |
| The Planes Were Put Together Near the Coal Company’s Workshops | [23] |
| The Crew of N 25: Riiser-Larsen, Amundsen, Feucht | [38] |
| The Crew of N 24: Ellsworth, Dietrichson, Omdal | [38] |
| Photograph of Amundsen’s Machine Taken in Flight | [39] |
| When the Two Planes Were Near Each Other | [54] |
| A New Lead Opening in the Ice | [55] |
| Getting Ready for a Fresh Start | [55] |
| Collecting Snow Blocks for a Run-way | [70] |
| Trying Out Our Bulb Sextants | [71] |
| Fast in the Ice | [71] |
| Members of the Expedition Arriving at King’s Bay | [92] |
| Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth at the Reception by the King of Norway | [93] |
| Lincoln Ellsworth and N 24 Just Before the Start | [104] |
| The Polar Sea from the Sky | [105] |
| N 25 Above the Polar Pack Just Before Landing at 87° 44’ | [118] |
| N 24 and Our Arctic Home | [119] |
| Ellsworth, Amundsen, Larsen and Feucht with the Implements with Which They Moved 300 Tons of Ice | [134] |
| Lincoln Ellsworth After the Trip | [135] |
| Captain Roald Amundsen, Just Before the Take-off from Spitzbergen | [150] |
| Just Before the Take-off | [151] |
| Our Footgear | [151] |
| Taking the Wings Out of Their Boxes | [166] |
| Setting Up the Wings | [166] |
| Mounting the Wings | [167] |
| The Last Meeting Before the Flight | [167] |
| The Edge of the Polar Ice Pack | [182] |
| Our Last Hope for a Take-off | [183] |
| Disembarking from the Sjoliv at King’s Bay | [198] |
| Members of the Expedition After Their First Dinner Ashore | [199] |
| Our First Solid Camp | [199] |
| Preparing the Planes for Their Arctic Flight | [214] |
| The Last View of Spitzbergen | [215] |
| Edge of the Polar Pack | [215] |
| The Sjoliv, the Sealer That Picked Them Up | [230] |
| At Brandy Bay, Northeast Land, on the Way Home | [231] |
| Amundsen—Before the Trip | [246] |
| Amundsen—After | [246] |
| Ellsworth—Before | [246] |
| Ellsworth—After | [246] |
| Riiser-Larsen—Before | [247] |
| Riiser-Larsen—After | [247] |
| Dietrichson—Before | [247] |
| Dietrichson—After | [247] |
| Omdal—Before | [262] |
| Omdal—After | [262] |
| Feucht—Before | [262] |
| Feucht—After | [262] |
| The Explorers at Oslo | [263] |
| The Two Meteorologists | [344] |
| N 25 on the Way to Oslo | [344] |
| Route of the Amundsen-Ellsworth Flight | [345] |
| The Course of the Ships on Watch | [356] |
| Territory Explored by the Flight Expedition | [357] |
Part I
THE EXPEDITION
By Roald Amundsen
LINCOLN ELLSWORTH
THE DIRECTORS OF THE KING’S BAY COAL COMPANY, MESSRS. BRANDAL AND KNUTSEN
SAILMAKER RÖNNE