ARCTIC PRINCESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 554, 5 January 1929, Page 4

ARCTIC PRINCESS

“SPITZBERGEN DISEASE” This year Spitzbergen is to get a residing princess, says the London “Observer.” The princess is Emina Mousret, a niece of King Fuad of Egypt. The princess arrived in Oslo from Tromsoe some months ago, very disappointed because she came too late to catch the last autumn boat to Spitzbergen. The princess has been a frequent visitor to that desolate island, and is now suffering frtipi is called “the Spitzbergen ease,** which means an irresist|fl| longing to get back to the North one has once been there. During her visits to Spitzbergen princess has lived the simple life of a pioneer, and the courage and skill she has displayed in hunting and skiing has won her popularity among the residents. There are no hotels on Spitzbergen, and last summer the princess decided to build her ow? house among the pioneers. She mad a trip across the Arctic Ocean to Net way this month to select material and furniture for the house. But th« cold weather set in very early last year and shipping had to be before she got back; and so she mu»* wait till next spring to realise her wishes. I am longing for the long, dark, starlit night with aurora borealis, and I am longing to experience that inexplainable feeling that besets one when, after months of unbroken darkness, the sun comes with the first heralding of spring.” savs the prin-