Testi tratti dal libro di Fred Goldberg "Drama in the Arctic S.O.S Italia",
Lidingo 2003

15th of June

"Major Maddalena in Vadso is ready to leave for King’s Bay but is being held back by unfavourable weather reports. Late in the evening….Maddalena took off towards King’s bay." (pag. 53)

Amundsen is already in Oslo.

16^th of June

"Having started last night towards King’s Bay Major Maddalena encountered thick fog near Bear Island and decided to return to Vadso…He arrived back with his crew at 08.00" (pag. 56)

Amundsen is still waiting in Oslo.

17^th of June

"…at 18.00 Major Maddalena took off again for Spitzbergen. At 23.30 they encountered thick fog near Bear Island…he decided to return again." (pag.59)

Roald Amundsen arrived in Bergen by train from Oslo, with Ltn Leif Dietrichson and Capt. Oscar Westing. At 20.00 Latham 47 took off from Bergen to Tromso.

18^th of June

Maddalena left Vadso at 12.30, landed at Bear Island, than at 17.20 took off and arrived at King’s Bay at 20.00" (pag. 62)

Roald Amundsen with Latham 47 landed in Tromso at 06.00

19^th of June

"Maddalena took off at 05.00 on his first flight to try to find General Nobile..he returned after six hours without having found anything." (pag. 67)

Latham 47 took off Tromso at 16.00 and "probably" flown towards Cape Leigh Smith.

"…the radio operator at Green Harbour had picked up signals from Roald Amundsen at 03.00 but he did not send his position" (pag. 67)

Aftenposten: "As expected there has been no message from Amundsen this morning — He has probably flown directly to Nobile’s Camp…from the expedition of Roald Amundsen there has not arrived any message during the morning…" (pag. 68)

20^th of June

"Major Maddalena started again at 06.00 …When coming close to flyn Island Major Maddalena was guided via the radio and after one a half Hour he found the red tend" (pag. 70)

Penzo with Marina II arrived to Kink’s Bay.

Uppland landed at Kink’s Bay too.

Afteposten: "No News from Roald Amundsen. Amundsen rejected flying together to Svalbard as he wanted to operate on his own — Does he have a trump behind his hand?

In a talk I had last night with the pilot of Uppland, Sergeant Nilsson, he mentioned the Swedes had tried to cooperate with Amundsen in Tromso, to get guidance and help up north, but Amundsen Answered that he had to operate alone, as it was very urgent to bring the Italians help. Everybody in Ny-Alesund is expecting Amundsen to have a trump on his hand." (pag. 71)

21th of June

Maddalena and Penzo in Ny-Alesund for fog

Latham 47: non sign from Guilbaud and Amundsen

The Times: The Italia Search — General Nobile found — Captain Amundsen Missing.

Aftenpost: Has Amundsen flown to Franz Josef Land?

22th of June

Uppland: took off at 20.20 to look for Amundsen down the west coast of Svalbard to South Cape.

(pag. 76)

23th of June

Marina II — At 1000Major Penzo took off from Kink’s Bay with his Dornier Wal to search for Captain Amundsen …

Aftenposten: Has Amundsen gone down on the fjord ice at Northeast Land?

24^th of June

Riiser-Larsen /Braganza ship

They now had only one airplane and decided not to fly any more and risk as it later was needed to look for Captain Amundsen.

Marina II — Major Penzo made a search flight to look for Captain Amundsen down to South Cape and Bear Islandand returned in a more westerly route but found no sign of the Letham

25^th of June

No flying to day for fog.

29^th of June

Riiser-Larsen on Baganza Ship

Telegram to Ingoy Radio Statio: "Kindly inform me the content of connection you with Amundsen after departure from Tromso and if the connection was strong and clear".

The reply was: "We received from Latham the following telegram to Bear Island: Captain Amundsen onboard Latham asked to have ice reports if any. The signals were strong. We asked Twice for his position but either the radio operator did not receive it or Amundsen did not wish to give it. This message here was received after we asked for his position" pag. 95-96

30^th of June

The cruser Tordenskjold, Michael Sars and the Franch tender Quentin Roosevelt are together with Heimland searching the waters around Bear Island.

3th of July

Aftenposten: Russian criticism of the organisation of the rescue work, "…it is completely unexplainable tha nobody has exact knowledge about his flight plan or other intentions, a circumstance that makes a search for Amundsen extremely difficult" (pag. 103)

5^th of July

The Commander on Città di Milano has given the pilot of Marina Captain Ravazzoni permission to temporarily establish his base on BearIsland as soon as weather permits and to cooperate with the French cruiser Strassbourg in search of Latham (pag 110)