DRIFT OF ARCTIC ICE.
THEORY DISPROVED. (Times and Sydney Son Services )
LONDON, June 1. The experience of the explorer -tefannsons crew, who were marooned 'in Arctic regions for months owing to the ice .-rushing their ship, the Karluk. shows that the drift of ice was not in a northerly but in a westerly direction. This is contrary to Amundsen* theory. The Canadian Government has decided to send a vessel to Wrangel Island to rescue the men.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 135, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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