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For nearly five days, blasting through space at emergency speed, the Solar Guard captain had tried to contact the satellite, but to no avail. He snapped off the audioceiver and slumped back in his chair, a worried frown on his face. When the second report from the Polaris unit had failed to come in, Strong had received permission from Commander Walters to blast off immediately for Roald.
So it was, too, with Roald Amundsen not only the first time, when he sailed in the Gjöa with the double object of discovering the Magnetic North Pole and of making the North-West Passage, but this time again, when in 1910 he left the fjord on his great expedition in the Fram, to drift right across the North Polar Sea.
"There's no telling when he made the discovery," said Jeff, scanning the mass of complicated diagrams and figures. "It must have been soon after our arrival on Roald," said Jane. "That was when we saw him searching the hills around our farm." Jeff flipped the pages back to the front of the book and began to read it from the beginning. "Here's something!"
Getting the school system going here on Roald is important, and whether you like him or not, Professor Sykes is the best man to handle it." "I realize that, Tom," said Roger. "But I don't know how long I can " Jeff Marshall suddenly appeared in the doorway of their quarters. "Professor Sykes wants to see us right away, fellows," he announced. "And watch your temper, Roger.
"You'll open those jets wide or you'll spend the rest of the trip to Roald in the brig and I'll send a report back to the Academy on your cowardice!" Vidac paused, then added quietly, "Do I make myself clear?" "Yes, sir," said Tom, tight-lipped. "You make yourself perfectly clear!"
Also another note: "The Norwegian Home, Poleheim, is situated in 89 degrees 58 minutes S. Lat. S.E. by E. compass 8 miles. The Norwegian Explorers' names recorded at Poleheim were: Roald Amundsen, Olaf Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Oskar Wisting, Sverre Hassel.
"Regardless of what kind of beef we might have with Hardy or Vidac and his crew, we all have to work together to make Roald a colony. A successful colony!" Returning to Fleet Ship Number Twelve, which was to be used for quarters by the colonists until their homes could be erected, the three cadets and Jeff Marshall said good-by to the Venusian farmer and continued on toward the Polaris.
Actually on New Year's Day Amundsen was between 500 and 600 miles north of us, but of Roald Amundsen more anon. How strange to be once more in open water, able to steer whatever course we chose, with broad daylight all night, and at noon only a couple of days' run from Cape Crozier.
A week ago a secret vote was taken, and the project was approved. We are going to establish a Solar Alliance colony on a newly discovered satellite in orbit around the sun star Wolf 359, a satellite that has been named Roald." "Wolf 359!" exclaimed Roger. "That's more than thirteen light years away " He was stopped by Tom's hand clamped across his mouth. Governor Hardy looked at Roger and smiled.
"He had a talk with Governor Hardy last night and this morning he took the jet liner back to Earth. Special orders from Commander Walters." "Well, blast my jets!" exclaimed Astro. "Wonder what's up?" "I don't know," said Tom. "But it must be something more important than the Roald project for him to pull out now!" "It might have something to do with the project, Tom," suggested Roger.
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