POST CARDS FROM THE NORTH POLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 160, 6 January 1914, Page 6

POST CARDS FROM THE NORTH POLE.

AMUNDSEN'S NOVEL PLAN. Captain Amundsen, who first discovered tho South Pole, will start, early this year, on another great adventure among the ice. Jn bis ship, the Fram, he will fight his way across the Polar seas, and finally try to drift to the Xort'li Pole J itself. | The cost of the great (expedition will j exceed .130,000, and so far the full sum 1 has not been raised. To quickly secure the balance of the money Captain - Amundsen has adopted a novel plan—the sending of post cards from the North Polo to all those good people who care to pay a modest fee for the card, and thus help on the great adventure. For this purpose a special North Pole card has been issued. Purchasers may address these to themselves or their friends, and send tliem in a special envelope to Captain Amundsen at San , Francisco. All such cards will be taken ) on tire Fram right to the North Pole, lif Amundsen gets there. Witli the con--1 / sent of the postal authorities, the Fram i'lias been made a Norwegian post oJflcn, and so all North Pole cards sent to Cuptain' Amundsen will be stamped on board the Fram witJi Norwegian stamps for reI posting to Australia. To- add to the value of the cards a special post-mark machine,- approved by the authorities, will be used to cancel tho stamps. This post-mark shows a picture of the Fram. and will give the daio and the most northern latitude reached —probably the Xorl.li Pole itself. At the first harbor touched at on the return voyage the. eanls will be posted, and so come forward in the. usual way to the addresses originally placed on the cards. ' v ) Xo doubt stamp-collectors will quickly monopolise the supply of cards made available for Australasia, but apart from their philatelic value they will be eagerly sought by readers sjmply as North Pole souvenirs. If Captain Amundsen reaches the North Pole these cards may become very valuable, and every parent should send one card at least wandering among the Polar ice in the name of boy or girl. As a souvenir it is worth it, but as a means of interesting and educating the' young' folk it will be invaluable. Tho publisher of Life and Kvervlady's Journal has -been asked by Captain Amundsen to -handle the distribution of these cards throughout Australasia. Each card costs 2s (id post free to the. buyer. To secure one or more cards, ask your local newsagent, or send 2s Gd in stamps or postal note for cacji card, addressed to T. Shaw Fitchott, Dept. N„ 370 Swanston street, With cadi card will be sent full instructions how to send it on to the Fram. All orders must reach Melbourne befoiv February 15, 1014, to make certain of catching tho Fram. When remitting, simply state: "Send North Pole card" (or cards), and send full name and postal address.