LOST IN GREENLAND
BRITISH EXPLORER. SWEDISH AIRMAN SETS OUT (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) STOCKHOLM, April 29. Captain Ahrteriberg, the famou s Arctic. airman, who flew to Greenland in 1929 and who ha s engaged in the attempt at the rescue there, of Augus- ' tin Courtauld, hopped off to-day for Iceland on las historic mission. LONDON*. April 30. Keenest national interest is aroused by the efforts to rescue Courtauld in the Arctic. Courtauld’s parents, interviewed on the arrival of the B “rengryia at Southampton from the United States, said they were confident their son wou’d come through safely.
The Danish fishing inspection ship [Odin, loft Reykjavik for Greenland with lan aeroplane which intends to land on .the coast sixty miles from Angmagsalik, and it will be thence flown to the expedition’s base by an English pilot, whose name is not yet available. Thus two airmen are racing to the rescue of .Courtauld.
The Daily Mail says the British people owe a debt of gratitude of Ahron burg.
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Grey River Argus, 1 May 1931, Page 5
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