DARING ATTEMPT TO DRIFT ACROSS POLAR SEA.
The expedition which left Point Hope, Alaska, in July, 1922, on the Maud, has now returned after 40 months' cruising in the Arctic, during 24 months of which the ship was drifting helplessly in the ice. The expedition was trying to drift across the Polar Sea from the Alaskan to the Sp.tzbergen s,de .f possible across the still uncnown region, with the object of bringing back scientific information as to conditions in that mysterious part of the world. The Maud withstood terrific ice-pressures which exposed the expedition to critical danger.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19260302.2.125
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 40
Word Count
97DARING ATTEMPT TO DRIFT ACROSS POLAR SEA. Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 40
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in