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National Geographic : 1903 Nov
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE tory will be entirely stripped of its rubber forests. I found that caucho is selling on these far upper rivers for 20 to 22 soles ($io to $ii) per arroba of 32 pounds." Recently the French government started an industrial school in the Sudan to teach the natives the best methods for rubber gathering. The school has proved a success, as the natives soon realized that the practical suggestions they obtained at the school meant a better quality of rubber and hence greater profit to them. THE ZIEGLER POLAR EXPEDITION THE latest news of the Ziegler Polar Expedition is contained in a letter to Mr Ziegler, written by Commander Fiala ten days after leaving Vardd, Norway, and re ceived by Mr Ziegler in New York the later part of September. As far south as 750 north latitude the ex pedition came upon a compact barrier of ice, which they followed to within sight of Nova Zembla without finding an open lead. At the time of writ ing they were returning toward the west, intending to try and force a way northward through the ice barrier be tween the 4 6th and 4 7 th parallels of east longitude. The ice conditions were thus exceedingly unfavorable at the Photo by W. S. Champ Edward Haven, First Officer W. J. Peters, Captain Coffin Commander Anthony Fiala Representative of the National Geographic Society,Chief Scientific Staff and Second in Command H. P. Hartt, Chief Engineer 444
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