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Reaching the North Pole by airship is an achievement which requires: 

First—A large, practicable, enduring airship designed to stay a long time in the air and to carry large cargo of fuel and provisions and auxiliaries. 

Second—A fair start under reasonably favorable conditions, not as easy thing to secure for reasons which I shall soon point out.

Third—Average or approximately normal weather conditions during the few days necessary to achieve success.

Fourth—Thorough-going attention to a multiplicity of details, both for securing the main object in view, the Pole, and its secondary object in view, the Pole, and its secondary object, the safe return of the crew. 

Fifth—Time, patience and perseverance—like many other difficult tasks in this world, try, and try again, and try still once more, and keep on trying till success comes at last.

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[[caption]] PUTTING THE SAIL-CLOTH COVER ON THE AIRSHIP HALL—THE CANVAS HAS AN AREA OF MORE THAN ONE ACRE. [[/caption]] 

The airship "America," built in 1906 and enlarged and improved in 1907, was designed for a voyage in the Arctic regions, and not for work in Europe or America. An effort

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