FOR THE SOUTH POLE.
BYRD’S EXPEDITION. LINDBERG MAY GO. NEW YORK, Nov. 30. A Hertford (Connecticut) newspaper states that it has authoritatively learned that Colonel Lindbergh will accompany Commander Byril on Lis flight to the South Pole. Negotiations between them are proceeding. Arctic Eskimos will for the first time be taken to the Antarctic in the projected expedition, according to an announcement by Commander Byrd, who says six Greenlanders, including two women, have agreed to start an Eskimo colony there. The remainder of the expedition will consist of whites. Commander Byrd has received thousands of applications from adventurous spirits to accompany him, scores of these being from Australia, and New Zealand
The expedition lias already been financed, and numbers of largo subscriptions are included.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 3 December 1927, Page 5
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124FOR THE SOUTH POLE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 3 December 1927, Page 5
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