The Archive · 1935

Norway Claims New Antarctic Land

scat 70 THE "se, mina"

Oslo, Mar. 13.

A new territory which has been named Ingrid Christensens Land, has been discovered in the Antarctic by the crew of the Norwegian all tanker Thorshavn and has been taken possession of in the name of Norway.

Partly covered by ice, partly bare and without a serap of vegetation on it, the new land les between '80:45-73.00 degrees east and 67.50- 63.10 degrees south, in the Enderhy Land quadrant, The Cabinet does not contemplate] annexing all Antarctic lands between Queen Maud's Land and the wester limit of Crown Princess. Marth: Land, according to a statement made by M. Mowinckel, the 3 "The well-known Antarctic expert. 'M, Aagaard, yesterday suggested that the annexation of these lands would result as the discovery and annexation by the crew of the Norwegian all tanker Thorshayn of a new territory which has been named Ingrid Chris-tensons Land—Reuter,

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