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Managed Walter Wellman's

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Off for the north pole. The start of Walter Wellmann's arctic flight in the dirigible balloon America on Aug. 20, 1909, is shown at top of page

Unloading the Arctic on the expedition's arrival at Danes island

Brother of Explorer Who Attempted Polar Flight in Balloon 21 Years Ago Lives at Madison, Wis., and Tells of the Expedition Which Came Close to Sensational Success and Equally Close to Tragic Failure

IT WAS just 21 years ago last Aug. 20 that my brother;s dirigible Amer-

an open wicker basket. Its direction could not be pre-determined or directed. "The America was a cigar shaped

250 tons of material and provisions for our camp, which I was to organize while the ship was sent back for my brother, who brought six more laborers

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Arthur Wellman, Madison business man, who was in charge of the Wellman arctic expedition's camo on Danes island. Photographers reproduced on this page are from his