Alone on a Floating Ice Floe.
Dr. Grenfell, the missionary of Labrador, has just had a thrilling experience. He was blown out to sea on an ice floe. Seeking a short cut, he took his dog team across an arm of the sea. The ice which he was crossing snapped, aoid.be was carried out rapidly from land, •which soon vanished from his view. He killed and skinned four of his dogs, and thus secured covering for himself and food for the other dogs. He was alone on the floe for 40 hours, and his situation was desperate, when at last’he was rescued by a fisherman who had caught sight of him. &
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 29 July 1908, Page 41
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111Alone on a Floating Ice Floe. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 29 July 1908, Page 41
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