FLYING IN ARCTIC.
DIRIGIBLE BETTER THAN ■■•■,/ AEROPLANE. i ' (by cable—press association—COPYßlGHT.) (iUSTBAUAN AXD K.Z. CABLE- ASSOCIATION.) ■ (feeecivcd October 7th, 5.5 p.m.) - -HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), October 6. > Commander MacMillau, who is returning from the Arctic aboard the Bowdoin, announced that ho will attempt another expedition in 1926 to explore 'and excavate Norse ruins in -Labrador. He said that exploration in 1925 convinced him that the Norse "Vikings visited the North American Continent before Columbus discovered America. Commander MacMillan discovered the ruins of Viking settlements at Nain, in Labrador, similar to those in Greenland. ■•, Ho is convinced that a dirigible will be better than an aeroplane for future exploration in the Arctic, declaring that aeroplanes are practical to a certain extent, but the roughness of tho ice makes them very uncertain factors. Not only is it dangerous for them to take off from the rough, broken surface, but once landed it is often impossible to get a run to permit the 'planes rising again. The chief value of the aeroplane in tho Arctic is for continuous flights away from the main base to a given point and back again without alighting.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18507, 8 October 1925, Page 8
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