THE NORTH POLE.
REPORTED SUCCESS OF AN EXPEDITION. Melbourne, May 23. Baron Sir Ferdinand Von Mueller, the well-known botanist, has received a German paper called the German and Australian Post, which publishes a statement that a party from the Arctic exploring ship Algir has reached the North Pole, aud Baron Muller is inclined to believe that the information is authentic, The paper says the Pole was reached by meaus of au aluminium boat on wheels after a long journey. In the opm water they met with a long line of porous rocks, running from east to west, and after this formation open water was again met. The region is said to teem with bird and fish life.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1362, 28 May 1895, Page 4
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117THE NORTH POLE. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1362, 28 May 1895, Page 4
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