21 May-16 June 1925: An expedition of Roald Amundson, Lincoln Ellsworth, & four others attemped a North Polar flight in two Dornier Do J Wal flying boats, N24 & N25, reaching an aerial "Farthest North" of 87º 44'; the N24 was damaged & they spent over three weeks preparing an ice runway for the N25; given up for dead by the world, all six men squeezed into the N25 & flew to the safety of Spitsbergen.
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