POLAR EXPLORERS.
WELCOMED TO NORWAY. CAPTAIN WILKENS AND LIEUT. EIELSON. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATIONUNITED SERVICE.) Received 11.5 a.m. to-day. . BERGIN, May 22. )Tlie harbour and city were befiagged, and there were thousands on the quayside to witness the arrival of Captain Wilkins and Lieut. Eielson. The director of the Rergi-n Museum welcomed both explorers, who replied. Lieut. Eielson, who spoke in Norwegian, said that he was proud to be of Norwegian origin. The explorers will dine with the King to-night.'
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 May 1928, Page 11
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84POLAR EXPLORERS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 May 1928, Page 11
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