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CH 7: Exercise A

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Choose the letter that correctly identifies each group of words as a dependent clause or
an independent clause.

1. tsunamis are wave trains and do not result from any tidal influence
a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

2. because people should heed the natural warnings and government warnings
a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: A PTS: 1

3. earthquakes either on land or in the ocean are the cause of tsunamis

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

4. many countries have warning systems in place for tsunamis

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

5. if you hear a warning

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: A PTS: 1

6. you should flee to higher ground

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

7. until the danger is over

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: A PTS: 1

8. in 1960, a 9.5 earthquake shook Chile

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

9. just a few hours later, a tsunami hit Hilo, Hawaii

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

10. then the tsunami waves flooded Onagawa, Japan

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
 ANS: B PTS: 1

11. when people were standing on higher ground just above their city
a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: A PTS: 1

12. in December 2004, after a tsunami hit several cities on the Indian Ocean
a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: A PTS: 1

13. since many cities in the area had no warning system in place
a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: A PTS: 1

14. the 2004 tsunami killed over 200,000 residents and tourists
a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1

15. most people had little or no warning

a. dependent clause b. independent clause
ANS: B PTS: 1
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Title: Our polar flight

Author: Roald Amundsen

Lincoln Ellsworth

Release date: August 27, 2023 [eBook #71497]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925

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OUR POLAR FLIGHT
BEFORE WE LEFT WE PLANTED OUR NORWEGIAN FLAG
 OUR
POLAR FLIGHT
The Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight
BY
ROALD AMUNDSEN
LINCOLN ELLSWORTH
AND

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION

ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN ON THE EXPEDITION

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1925
 Copyright, 1925,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY
 CONTENTS
PAGE

Part I: The Expedition 1

BY ROALD AMUNDSEN

Part II: The Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight 101

BY LINCOLN ELLSWORTH

Part III: The Navigator’s Task 141

BY LIEUT. HJALMAR RIISER-LARSEN

Part IV: Report About N 24 from the Start Until We

Joined N 25 and Its Crew on the 26th May 219
BY L. DIETRICHSON

Part V: Whilst We Wait 253

LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF FREDRIK RAMM FROM MAY 21ST TO JUNE 18TH

Part VI: The Weather 341

BY JAKOB BJERKENS
 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
 THROUGH THE AIR TO 88° NORTH
The day the brothers Wright rose and flew the curtain went up on a
new era in the history of mankind. Many were certain that they could
see great possibilities opening up for mankind in general, and
particularly for them in their own branch of work, but few, I think, saw
such possibilities of making a full and complete change in his work as
the Polar explorer. What he has tried for years to accomplish would
now be possible for him to achieve in a very short space of time.
Century after century had he worked with his primitive means, the dog
—the sledge. Day after day he had exerted himself with all his craft, all
his intelligence, and all his will, yet had only covered a few miles over
the vast ice desert. What courage, what tenacity, had been shown in
the fight against cold, hunger and hardships. What a brilliant example
of sacrifice and self-denial. Year after year shut up in a tiny little ship,
surrounded by the same people, equipped with only the most
necessary things, he had worked up to this time through the greatest
of difficulties, through the hardest tests—cold and darkness. And now,
all at once, in one moment, the whole of this was to be changed. Cold
and darkness should be dispersed becoming warmth and light instead;
for the complete and troublesome journey should be changed now to a
speedy flight. In truth the possibilities were great. No rationing, no
hunger or thirst—only a short flight. As in a dream, seen as a far-away
possibility, there was ignited that day a small spark which should
quickly blaze up to a mighty fire and in the course of a few years
become one of our most important means of communication.
Emerging from its swaddling-clothes, flying freed itself and went into its
cradle when Bleriot flew across the Channel. It was then speedily led
by the world’s war through its childhood where it (developing with the
years—slowly or quickly who can say?) was led into youth—into
manhood! What the possibilities would become it was difficult to say,
but one had to be satisfied with what was there—flying’s childhood.
The young inexperienced birds leaving their nests show us an
example. Some will hurt their wings, others will break them altogether,
but, it is just as certain that, just as they do, so will mankind also
succeed in reaching his goal in the world of flying.
As I learned of Bleriot’s flight, I knew at once that the time had
come to think of using the air to help the Polar expeditions. Certainly
human power and skill had overcome and conquered vast tracts of this
mighty unknown whiteness, but enormous tracts remained unexplored
—tracts which now could be reached from the air. My thoughts turned
especially to the enormous area in the Arctic which until now had
withstood every attempt. Certainly Nansen, the Duke of the Abruzzi,
and Peary had drawn lines through the unknown doing great and
brilliant work, but colossal and unknown tracts still lay in front of them
unexplored. Should we have had to continue exploration in the same
old manner we should have had to wait many years before our
knowledge had become complete. If one had used the word
“impossible” it seems absolutely reasonable to have used it in
connection with the exploration of this immense ice desert; but it
seems that the word “impossible” has been scratched out of the
dictionary of mankind. How often have we seen the impossible made
possible! What was impossible yesterday is an easy matter to-day.
Bleriot’s flight across the Channel showed me the conquering of the
impossible. When I, in the year 1909, equipped the “Fram” for a trip to
the Arctic, I had a conference with one of the most esteemed aviators
of the day. He declared himself as willing to go with me. But it never
came off, a fact which probably was for the best, as in the case of both
parties it was put off on economical grounds. I mention this in order to
draw attention to the fact that the idea of exploring the Polar regions
from the air is not a recent plan. I have been attacked from many sides
because I have “stolen” the plans of others; this seems to me childish
and scarcely worth talking about, but many people take childish things
for grim earnest if they have not a closer knowledge of the
circumstances. Therefore, these few words.
In 1914 I managed to get sufficient means to buy my first
aeroplane for use in Arctic exploration. As an independent means of
transport in those vast tracts it certainly could not be used where all
circumstances seemed to be against it, but, in conjunction with a
mother-ship, would be of invaluable service. It was therefore my