TO ANTARCTICA.
ESKIMO PARTY TO ACOOMPAN 1 BIRD. ADYENTUROUS EUROPEANS APPLY FOR TRIP. APPLICATIONS FROM X.Z. (Received Dec. 2, 12.-15 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. i. Arctic Eskimos will, for tlie first time, be taken to tlie Antarctic in the projected Byrd expedition, according to an announcement'by Commander Byrd, who says that six Greenlanders, including two women, have agreed to start an Eskimo colony there. The remainder of the expedition will consist of whites.
Commander Byrd lias received a thousand applications from adventurous spirits to accompany him. Scores of these came from Australia and New Zealand. The expedition is already financed, including . a number ot large subscriptions.—Sun.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10449, 2 December 1927, Page 5
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