THAW IN THE ARCTIC.
HIDDEN ISLAND REVEALED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Reed. 9.5 p.m.) CHBISITIANIA. Sept. L The Norwegian captain, Wiktor Arnesen, who has just returned from the Arctic, claims to have discovered an island 12 miles in circumferar;ce. near Franz Joseph's Land, in latitude 80 degrees 40 minutes. The island wa;} previously hidden by an iceberg between 70ft. and 80ft. high, which has melted,, showing the exceptional nature of .the recent thawing in the Arctic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 7
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