NEW ANTARCTIC LAND
Norwegian Drops Flag oi His Country . FLIGHT OVER PEAK (Eeceived 9, 1.45 p.m.) OSLO, Feb. 8, Lars Christensen, a Norwegian at present exploring the Antarctic, haa sent a wireless message froen tho whaler Thorshaven announcing that the aviator Viggo Wideroee discovered a ranga of mountains whose highest peak was about 4500 feet, between .th# 35th and 40th degree of longitude. Wideroee dropped the Norwegian flag from the plane when 38 degrees and 69.30 degrees south, thereby assum-* ing possession on behalf of Norway. H# also mapped the newly discovered land*
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 22, 10 February 1937, Page 5
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