POLAR EXPLORATION.
LIEUT. PEAEY'S EXPEDITION. Received November 20, 8,53 a.m. LONDON, November 20. Details of Lieut. Peary's expedition show that he reached within 153 miles of the North Pole. When returning be encountered "a severe snowstorm, the thermometer registering) 75deg. Below zero. The Esquimaux accompanying the party were nearly mad with hunger. j$ Lieut. Clarke, in charge of another party, was lost when 160 miles from the ship. His party was rescued after enduring hardships worse than those of Peary's party.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8292, 21 November 1906, Page 5
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81POLAR EXPLORATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8292, 21 November 1906, Page 5
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