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June 5, 1925 – Much interest is evinced in Petersburg over the trip of Roald Amundsen to the North Pole. Those most familiar with his methods and resourcefulness express very little anxiety over his fate, believing that he will return to civilization only after he has made a thorough examination of the great waste lands he set out to explore. Frederick Nelson, local agent of the Standard Oil Company, has an uncle, Helmer Hanson, now in Norway, who was with Amundsen on his trip to the South Pole, and who was the captain of the sloop Gjoa in which Amundsen made his famous trip through the Northw...

 
 

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