OFF FOR THE ARCTIC.
Colonel ' Gilder and his ootnoanion. Griffith, have started, for the North Pole They -will take the steamer Princess of Selkirk and proceed to Norway Houße, and from 'that point they will ascend the Nelson river and proceed to York Eaotory. The outfit whioh the Colonel takes with him weighs a ton and a half, and consists of hard taok. pemmioan, and other food, guns i rifles, revolvers and ammunition, ecientifio instruments, a hand organ, baubles for the natives, etc He also takes two sledges sixteen feet lonpc and four feet wide. After leaving York Faotory. Colonel Gilder will take as little as possible with him, because of the difficulty of carrying it. He relies for sustenance mostly on game neoured along his route. '
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 175, 23 October 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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127OFF FOR THE ARCTIC. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 175, 23 October 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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