 "Strassbourg" arrived in Tromsø, Norway, on 19 June, to search for both "Italia" and Amundsen's aircraft.The ship's bow was not designed to operate in an Arctic environment, and so the crew had to continually fix wood planks to the hull to protect it from the ice.While refueling from the tanker "Durance", "Strassbourg" took on two FBA 17 seaplanes to assist in the search effort.