A GREAT CONTINENT.
PREHISTORIC ANTARCTICA. DR. BRUCE'S IDEAS. AUSTRALASIAN CONNECTIONS. [iir. TEi.Ediumi—miss Assdcin-.oN-coi'vuiuur.) (Roo. April 13, 11.15 p.m.) London, April 13. Dr. Wm. S. Bruce, tho well-known Polar explorer and oceanographer, who. contemplates leading another Antarctic expedition', will land on tho Atlantic side of. the Antarctic continent. Ho willmako an attempt to cross the latter, and to meet his vessels on tho Pacihc sido, after putting in three seasons in exploring. Dr. Bruce will seok to provo tho existence in prehistoric times of an Antarctic continent that was connected with Australia and New Zealand.
[Dr. Bruce, tho discoverer of Coals's Land, n tho Scotia" in 1902-01, made interesting doep- ?, P - a m tho South Atlantic and the Weildeli and Biscoo Seas. His discoveries point, ho says, to tho existence in pro-historic Hmes of an Antarctic- continent twice tho size „f Europe. He has already advanced the theorv that South America and South Africa were connected with this Antarctic continent; now he proposes to show a pre-historic connection with Australia and New Zealand.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 481, 14 April 1909, Page 7
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172A GREAT CONTINENT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 481, 14 April 1909, Page 7
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