ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS MEET
SHIP’S DRAMATIC APPEARANCE. i ANXIOUS TIME FOR NORVEGIA. By Telegraph—jPrass Assn;—Copyright. .. Canberra, January 20( A wireless from Sir Douglas Mawson states: “On January 14, while we were following the pack edge westerly in uncharted waters, there dramatically appeared on the ice margin ahead a steamer travelling towards us. It was the Norwegian ship Norvegia. The flags were dipped and there came . on'-board the. famous explorer Captain Larsen. An hour was'spent in the. exchange of the rough routine of olir -respective programmes. - '' - ■"' “Coal is piled high on the decks of the Norvegia/ and she is so deeply laden and hampered by the carriage on deck of two large aeroplanes that a very anxious time is ahead of her should a gale spring up.” . C f .
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1930, Page 18
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