Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1907 — Northwest Passage Valueless. [ARTICLE]

Northwest Passage Valueless.

Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who some months ago succeeded in making the northwest passage in his little 47ton l>oat. the Gjoa, has been delivering a series of lectures in Paris. While he snys that the observations made by him in* tbe*vicinity of th* magnetic pole will prove of considerable scientific value, he thinks that the northwest passage cannot l>e made practicable for purposes of navigation. thus dispelling the hope which has attracted the attention of scientific men, as well as dreamers, for centuries.