SOUTHERN SEAS
NORWEGIANS’ HOPES NOT REALISED.
LONDON, April 15
The Norwegians have had bad luck with islands in the southern seas. After the annexation of Bouvet Island they found that lack of accessibility rendered it useless.
A larger island named Doughty Island was reported to exist in a better position, close to the edge of the icepack, amid the haunts of whales, but it cannot be found From its reported size it was thought that this island surely would have some sort of I arbour. Tt was probably a vast iceberg or a collection of bergs, mistaken for lard.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1930, Page 8
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