NEW CONTINENT.
ALLEGED DISCOVERY DOUBTED
(Per Press Association—Copyright)
(Received October 15, 12.30 p.m.)
VANCOUVER-, October .14
From Juneau, Alaska, it is reported that Captain Sverdrup, Nansen's commander, thinks the story given of the discovery, of a new Arctic Continent is untrue. Nansen drifted over the area and discovered nothing but water. Small islands might have been found, but any extensive area.should long,ago have been discovered.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8689, 15 October 1913, Page 5
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