FORTY HOURS ON A FLOE.
DR.-.GRENFELL'S NAKROAV ESCAPE. Dr. ..Greiifel], tho well-rknown missionary of Labrador, had a perilous experience late'.ln,order to make a-short'cut, ho. took his dog .team across an a.rni of the sea. The ice' broke off from the land,'-and .Dr.- Gronfell was alone on the floe for forty hours. An intense frost and. a blizzard prevailed, and had'it 1 not boon for his resource in killing and skinning four of his dogs, the adventure..mighty lfave' had a tragical- conclusion. ' By this expedient, however,. Dr. Grenfell secured warm furs for himself and food for his other dogs.- His situation, • however, was still perilous in the extreme, 'for Ijo was ton miles from land, and'was : being driven' furthor out to"' sea. : Fortunately,' when he had almost despaired of - rescue, a fisherman saw him and came with *■ a boat and took him'off. '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 257, 23 July 1908, Page 11
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141FORTY HOURS ON A FLOE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 257, 23 July 1908, Page 11
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