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[[caption]] SIDE VIEW OF THE AIRSHIP HALL WITH COVER PARTLY IN PLACE.[[/caption]]

was made to secure the highest degree of adaptability in size, form, method, speed, power, endurance, safety, in every mechanical detail. The most striking difference between our ship and the ships built by Zeppelin and other lies in the fact that the latter were designed for high speed for relatively short voyages, while ours was planned for lower speed and a longer voyage. In settling upon the most effective and economical speed, all things considered, exhaustive analysis was made of the winds in the Arctic ocean. As to those winds in the Arctic ocean. As to those winds nothing whatever can be predicted upon the direction in which they are likely to blow at any given moment. Much may be predicted upon their minimum, mean and maximum velocity. The factors of the problem which we had to work out here: 1. The distance to be travelled. 2. The probably winds to be encountered. 
The distance from our headquarters in Spitzbergen to the Pole being 700 statute

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