DUTCH NEW GUINEA.
'■':. (bt risLrGii»>n—l'ttEss O / : '^^£(^o; :i 'J.anuary: 17; ■/:■'-['pX£k:i •-;---;: : Lbridoh,/January''l6..//; ;r;,; jfer/lMikkelsen/;thb/;Arctic.;:qxpio'rer,/.is; ;: •'•.Guinea/under' . ■:•' the .auspices'.' of v-'-tho '•; Dutch Gov-; /■■^ernments'and,the'.-Scientific. Society of /' /:.:: j;.;,;.,.,-/./;,/;.-'/:.-/ -_/V.^'/;...' -~.. / ■;: :- f [Captain-EgnarV:Mikkeisen,..who has.just re-'i.-'turped'.Virbm his/fourtii.'v.Polar. expedition, is: • " only '28 ;■ years .of, age, ; 'and; has' passed a'■ quarter, r.'of in / the. Arctio . regions.- / 'He; is a ./Dane', 'speaks English perfectly,.;and the chief, .' object'of hisi recent expedition/ was. to' deter-: /:/ jniiie'/whether;l:/ ; >V:,'i/; '-3'. in.;the .unexplored '■■■ -'\ Motion'."of- Me)'■'■:'A! vcein/lying:above Alaska V and:north ol'.'."x."«.ii'--s3.''liahd.-' , The -region ,com-'-■/:''pr,isis'.'.UO;odO-'sqna're/::-mac8/;v.--During.:.th6..re- ./■; cent.'expedition, : financed: by...the Royal Geo- :•'-. ■>/ graphical -Society of -London '/and. the .kindred 'r/~: 'society, /in : America, Captain Alikkelson ..trav- ' :■' oiled 533 /nautical - miles \ in.. 69 days on -a •y/Bledge,/ and 'discovered: a new mountain , and :'.-;''■;rivei'fi in^tlie/Arctio' regions*] -.:'•';:/ T/.'-'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 408, 18 January 1909, Page 5
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118DUTCH NEW GUINEA. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 408, 18 January 1909, Page 5
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