THE FRAM.
According to the latest information (stated the Copenhagen -correspondent of tare London "Daitly Telegraph" recently), , Captain. Raold Amundsen's ship, the iFira.m, on returning from' the South Polar ice, will go "to Hobart, Tasmania, instead of New Zealand. Captain Amundsen altered his mind, thinking tliat it was not correct txi have tlie same base as Captain Scott, namely, Ohiristchurch, New Zealand, and therefore Hobairt was preferred. _ Tlie ftam's voyage from ice to civilisation 'will be longer than the Terra Nova's, and, furthermore, the Terra' Nova has the stronger engine. The Norwegian papers, in mentioning this matter, now express the fear that Captain Amundsen, if, he Teaches the South Pole, will jp.roIbaMy not succeed in getting back t-o (civilisation and giving his "report of the trip so early ms Captain Sleot-t on account of the alteration mentioned above.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10523, 11 January 1912, Page 4
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138THE FRAM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10523, 11 January 1912, Page 4
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