AMUNDSEN’S EXPEDITION.
According to the latest news received by Mr Deou Amundsen, in Christiania, from his brother in the Antarctic (says the Melbourne Argus) Captain Amundsen expected to arrive on bis return early this mouth. He has decided to make lor Hobart instead of Christchurch. and come direct across to Melbourne. The historic little ship, The Fram, which took Nausea to the Arctic, when be was ,l a guest oi the ice lor three years,” will be overhauled in Hobart, and dispatched thence to New York to await Captain Amundsen, who intends iu 1913 organising an expedition to the North Pole, which the American Scientific Committee, appointed to examine Commander Peary s data, have decided has not yet been actually reached. The proceeds of Captain Amundsen’s lectures in Australia, will be devoted to the expenses of his North Polar expedition next year.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1008, 17 February 1912, Page 4
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142AMUNDSEN’S EXPEDITION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1008, 17 February 1912, Page 4
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