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The man turned back to the messroom just off the control deck, put the coffee cup down on the table, and returned to face the three cadets. "My name is Paul Vidac. I'm the new lieutenant governor of Roald." "You're what?" gasped Tom. "You're space happy!" exclaimed Roger. "Your application was refused. Captain Strong rejected it himself."
But the tension on the control deck mounted as the surface of Roald loomed closer and closer. "Fifteen thousand feet," reported Roger. Governor Hardy walked to a near-by acceleration chair and strapped himself in. "Ten thousand feet!" yelled Roger. "Power deck, give me three-quarters thrust!" ordered Vidac. Tom heard the whine of the rockets on the power deck increase with a sharp surge.
We had a long voyage on account of contrary wind. We are all in the best of health. Roald Amundsen. Hobart, March 8, 1912. Introduction When the explorer comes home victorious, everyone goes out to cheer him. We are all proud of his achievement proud on behalf of the nation and of humanity. We think it is a new feather in our cap, and one we have come by cheaply.
Placing Vidac and Hardy under arrest and confining them in the brig of the ship with Winters and Bush, they had returned to the Logan farm to clear a few of the mysteries surrounding the nightmare of violence since their landing on Roald.
Tom lay in his bunk, hands under his head, wondering about Vidac, and then he began to think about the colony of Roald. He lay a long time, thinking about the fine people who were giving up comfortable homes, successful businesses.
"The colonists," continued Hardy, "will come from all over the system. One thousand of them the strongest and sturdiest men out of the billions that inhabit the planets around us; one thousand, to live on Roald for a period of seven years." Tom, his eyes bright, asked, "Won't everybody want to go, sir?" Walters and Hardy smiled. "We expect a rush, Corbett," answered Walters.
During 1910 and 1911 three different nations England, Norway, and Japan were represented by expeditions in south polar regions. The Norwegian expedition under Captain Roald Amundsen was especially equipped for quick travel, having eight sledges and more than one hundred trained dogs.
The voyage made in 1904 by Captain Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian, later on to be world-famous as the discoverer of the South Pole, is of especial interest, for he succeeded in carrying his little ship from the Atlantic to the Pacific by way of Bering Strait the only vessel that has ever actually made the North-West Passage. But the great prize fell to Captain Peary.
I've told the farmers that they'll have to sign over half of their profits to get chemicals to farm with. They're already talking about revolt, which is just what I want them to do. Let them rebel. We can throw them into the brig, send them back to Earth, and take over their property in the name of the City of Roald!" "Which is you," said Tad Winters with a smile.
The geography of certain lands and seas was amplified and corrected, interesting and useful scientific material was obtained, and much light thrown on general conditions prevailing in those latitudes which had escaped the observation of Roald Amundsen when he accomplished the navigation of the Northwest Passage during 1903-6.
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