BYRD’S EXPEDITION
ESKIMO DOGS BEING SENT TO NEW ZEALAND (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) Quebec, September 4. Eighty husky Eskimo dogs have been assembled, sent through Ungava and Northern Quebec, and shipped to the United States Naval Supply base at Hampton Roads, en route to New Zealand for Commander Byrd’s expedition. Dr. David Buckingham, Byrd’s veterinarian, lias invented a treadmill for use aboard the ship, where the dogs will exercise regularly, develop muscle, and dispose of fat.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 289, 6 September 1928, Page 11
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