POLAR LAND.
MORE UNLIKELY TO BE FOUND. „WILKINS’S OPINION. . ... . OSLO, May 21. . Captain Wilkins, the Arctic air explorer, declares that there seems to bo no chance of finding any new land of any importance, judging by the results 0 . Tolar expeditions. He considers that scientific expeditions in the future, will concentrate on oceanographic discoveries, possibjy with the help of submarines. There is no reason, he says why submarines should not voyage from Spitzbergen to Alaska. Incidentally, Wilkins denies that ho was invited to accompany General Nobile m his airship Italia/ Wilkins says that his object in nolar to P ob°t ratl ° n leSS ! tO discover ] and than to the w “® te « o1 °g i «al data of benefit to the world. Jor example, he desired With gainst drought and save hundreds of thousands of sheep. This was one of the objects of the South Polar expedithat a 1 f Marconi had assured P him report, -r7 Stem ° f reports was feasible. — (Australian Press Association— United Service )
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Wairarapa Age, 23 May 1928, Page 3
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