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...scene of the second act is in Hugglesland, near the North Pole. Upon the arrival of Bixby and his impecunious friend Snaffles, the strikers are invited to seize him and are about to throw him to the polar bears. Higdig, however, arrives at the right moment. Gloriana and Chalkstones, now married, appear, and everything turns out all right. Bixby becoming engaged to Anne Higdig who has been doing settlement work among the Eskimos...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. "Geology of the Ice River District, B.C." Mr. C. T. Brodrick. "Progress in Antarctic Meteorology." Mr. B. M. Varney. "Polar Climates and Antarctic Geology." Professor Davis. Mineralogical Lecture Room...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. "Geology of the Ice River District, B.C." Mr. C. T. Brodrick. "Progress in Antarctic Meteorology." Mr. B. M. Varney. "Polar Climates and Antarctic Geology." Professor Davis. Mineralogical Lecture Room...
Lieutenant Shackleton's Polar Work...
...dash for the South Pole made by Lieutenant Shackleton, leader of the last British Antarctic Expedition, is one of the most remarkable feats in polar exploration ever accomplished. The earliest report of his achievement reached England on March 23, 1909, where it produced great excitement. He had been a member of an earlier Antarctic expedition under Scott in 1902-03; but it was not until 1907 that he set out in command of his own. He succeeded in reaching a point 111 miles from the pole, on January 9, 1909, and undoubtedly would have reached the pole itself...