The Archive · 1928

No New Lands Discovered

New York, Apr. 22.

"No foxes seen".is a special code phrase used by Captain Wilkins in telegraphing to the American Geographical Society that no new lands the Polar basin were-seen during. his flight acrose the Pole, Thus atlases which show a blank between North Siberia and North Canada may be filled in to denote merely ice.

The American newspapers are wildly enthusiastic over Captain Wilkins's flight, They describe it as "the greatest feat in all aviation, The Best Route from Amierica to Far East Apr. 23.

Arctic explorers, including Vilhjalmur Stefansson "and Commander Richard Byrd, declare that the flight of Captain Kilkins confirms the theory that the best air route from America to the Far Enst would be across the North Pole, Thus the present 10,000-mile airway from New York to Peking would be reduced by 3,000 miles.

Apr, 24.

The Arctic flier, Captain Wilke ins, has been awarded the Samuel Morse Gold Medal, the highest honour of the American Goorgea-

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