NANSEN'S EXPEDITION.
VOYAGE IN GR.AF ZEPPELIN.
VISIT TO WASHINGTON.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association (Received March 31, 11.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 30
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen is due to arrive in Washington shortly to consult the United States Government about his plans for a voyage to the North Pole in the dirigible Graf Zeppelin (LZI27) in 1930. He proposes to have his base at Alaska with a mooring mast. The area to be explored vrill be the Arctic Sea north of the American continent between Alaska and Greenland. Terrestrial magnetism, electricity and questions of geography will be studied.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20218, 1 April 1929, Page 9
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