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lter Wellman's Arctic Camp

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

--pted Polar Flight
--ves at Madison,
--on Which Came
--d Equally Close 

250 tons of material and provisions for

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Arthur Wellman, Madison business man, who was in charge of the 

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At the top of the page is Camp Wellman, Danes island, with the framework of the hangar in place. The center picture shows the America being run out of its hangar at the start of the unsuccessful attempt to reach the pole. The "equilibrator," which so nearly brought disaster, is shown draped under the car. At the bottom is the return, the fabric of the huge gas bag drooping forlornly after much of the gas had been permitted to escape to compensate for the loss of the weight of the "equilibrator"