Norge expedition

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The Norge expedition was a pioneering 1926 airship journey led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved one of the first verified crossings of the Arctic via the North Pole.

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Norge expedition canonical 3
Norge airship expedition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic expedition
airship flight
polar expedition
transpolar flight
achievement first verified transpolar flight from Europe to America via the Arctic
one of the first verified flights over the North Pole
airshipRegistration N-1 Norge
commandedBy Roald Amundsen
countryInvolved Italy
Norway
United States of America
crewSize 16
crossed Arctic Ocean
North Pole region
linked to: Arctic region
designedBy Umberto Nobile
destination North Pole
endDate 1926-05-14
endPlace Teller, Alaska, United States
linked to: Teller, Alaska
leader Lincoln Ellsworth
Roald Amundsen
Umberto Nobile
name Norge expedition
namedAfter airship Norge
notableFor international cooperation in polar exploration
use of lighter-than-air craft for polar travel
operator Lincoln Ellsworth
Roald Amundsen
Umberto Nobile
partOf history of Arctic exploration
history of aviation
relatedTo Lincoln Ellsworth
Roald Amundsen
Umberto Nobile
route Ny-Ålesund–North Pole–Teller
sponsor Aero Club of Norway
linked to: Norwegian Aero Club

Lincoln Ellsworth
startDate 1926-05-11
startPlace Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway
stoppedAt Leningrad, Soviet Union
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway
Oslo, Norway
linked to: Oslo

Pulham, England
Vadsø, Norway
tookOffFrom Rome, Italy
linked to: Rome
usedAircraftType semi-rigid airship
vehicleUsed airship Norge
year 1926

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Umberto Nobile participantIn Norge expedition
Oscar Wisting notableWork Norge airship expedition
linked to: Norge expedition
Norge expedition name Norge expedition