RESCUED EXPLORERS
COPENHAGEN, July 29. The captain of the vessel Sjoeblomsten, which rescued Messrs Mikkelsen and Iverson from Bass Rock Island, noticed a wooden post inscribed "1912,” and followed its direction. They reached a hut and knocked, when both the explorers emerged, nearly naked, with guns in their hands. Mr Mikkelsen previously had been ill, and Iversen had dragged him on a sledge for a hundred miles. They had ample ammunition, and wero always able to procure food.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8187, 31 July 1912, Page 7
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78RESCUED EXPLORERS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8187, 31 July 1912, Page 7
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