DOGS FOR ANTARCTIC
Between SO and 100 sled dogs from Labrador that will be used by Commander' Richard E. Byrd on his'antarctic expedition were given customs clearance at tho Canadian-United States border, stated a Customs official to a representative of the "Christian Science Monitor." The dogs were en route to Quebec from Labrador by steamer. On their arrival in Quebec they were shipped in special cars to .Norfolk, where- they will bo put aboard tho steamer City of New York, which sailed from New York recently wilh supplies for tho Byrd expedition, flailway express officials said the huskies would be bonded through the United States to an unnamed port in New Zealand. ■ "
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 85, 20 October 1928, Page 31
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112DOGS FOR ANTARCTIC Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 85, 20 October 1928, Page 31
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