STEFANNSON'S EXPEDITION.
RUMOURS OF DISASTER. SIGNIFICANT CONFIRMATION. CTimes-Sj-dnev Sun Special Cable.) (Received 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, November 20. A significant confirmation of the rumoured disaster to tho Stafannson expedition is that Canada has decidetl to abandon the Ilerschel island outposts owiny to extraordinary storms and icefloes.'" It is impossible to organise a relief expedition. The Belvedere supply ship is believed to have been lost in the Arctic. She was to convey supplies to Herschel Island. If the police post on this island is abandoned there will be no means this season of communicating with Stefannson.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5
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94STEFANNSON'S EXPEDITION. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5
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