THE SOUTH POLE
AMUNDSEN'S EXPEDITION. LECTURE BEFORE GFA)GRAPHICAL SOCIETY. (Received Last Night, 10 o'clock.) CHRISTIA September 10. Captain Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, lectured beforo tho Geographical Society-. The King and Queen and members of the Cabinet were .present. • / Professor Alexander .states that the expedition got to within a few metres of the Pole.
INTERESTING DISCUSSION. BY BRITISH SCIENTISTS. (Received Lust Night, 10 o'clock.) LONDON, September 10. Admiral Sir Albert Markham predicted that Captain Scott would have reached the South Polo on January 4th. Professor William Bruce, in a paper on Scott's, Shaclileton's, and Amundsen's explorations, supported the one landmass theory regarding Antarctica. The mass equalled in size Australia and Europe combined. All recent investigations showed that Australia, New Zealand, Africa and South America were onco connected with the Antarctic Continent. i
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10717, 11 September 1912, Page 5
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133THE SOUTH POLE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10717, 11 September 1912, Page 5
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