POLAR EXPLORATION.
Received September f>, 8.36 a.m. OHRISiI ASIA. September 4. There is gr.'iit. enthusiasm throughoufc Scandinavia at the news of the unprecedented feat accomplished by Captain Amundsen's expedition aboard the Ujoa, which baa beou voyaging on » north-west passage The vessel has arrived at Cape Nome, Alaska. (Captain Amundsen's expedition sailed from Chris! iauia on the 16th June, 1903. The special object was to determine the position of the north magnolia pole. A letter was received from Captain Amundsen, dated Gjoa, King William's Laud, 22nd May, 1905, where the expedition had spent two winters taking continuous magnetic and other observations since 2nd November, 1903. besides making exploring journeys and forming collections, Exceedingly low temperatures were recorded, the minimum experienced being—6l.7degC, March, 1903, in the interior.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8230, 6 September 1906, Page 5
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125POLAR EXPLORATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8230, 6 September 1906, Page 5
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