ARCTIC ESKIMOS
FOR, THE ANTARCTIC
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) ("Sun” Cable)
NEW YORK,’ Ist Dec,
Arctic Eskimos will for the first time be taken to the Antarctic on the projected Byrd expedition, according to an announcement of the commander, who says that six . Greenlanders, including two women, agreed to start an Eskimo colony there. The remainder of the expedition consists of whites. Byrd received thousands of applications from adventurous . spirits to • accompany him, and scores of these were from Australia and New Zealand.
The expedition is already financed, including a number of large subscriptions.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 2 December 1927, Page 5
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