POLAR EXPEDITION.
Adventurous Sledge Trip Planned. SEARCH FOR NEW TERRITORY. (Received 12 noon.) OSLO, September 1. Eiiser Larsen will undertake an adventurous sledge journey along the Atlantic sector of the South Polar gap in February. The expedition consists of Larsen and two companions. 1 hey have three dog teams and intend landing on Queen Maud Land or Enderby Land. Larsen hopes to discover new territory and to solve the problem of the great gulf between Queen Maud Land and Princess Ragnhild's Land. ECLIPSE PHOTOS. ASTRONOMERS' SUCCESS. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LOUISVILLE (Quebec), September 1. Mr. E. J. Kennedy, secretary to the 'Royal Astronomical Society, revea s that the solar shadow bands, the existence of which was often doubted, photographed, and measured during e eclipse at the pitch of totality. g ■exposures of the corona show an 000, mile flame projection into space.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 208, 2 September 1932, Page 7
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