Word: steamer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reindeer which Dr. Grenfell had imported from Norway, but in this undertaking he was unsuccessful owing to a combination of misfortunes. Landing in Newfoundland in early June, he and his companion crossed the island by railroad and walking, to Trollingate, in order to intercept the St. John's steamer on her northward journey to Labrador. However, as the vessel was a week late, they shipped on a whaling boat bound for northern Newfoundland, intending to cross on her to Labrador. But the floating ice of the early spring kept them at a little whaling factory for some time. While there...