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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1 (May 1, 1931)

Canada via Greenland

Canada via Greenland.

A new note in air navigation is the investigation of the Greenland route between Britain and Canada. Its promoters claim that nowhere is there a cross-sea flight of more than 300 miles (which distance is substantially shorter than any of the sea links in Chichester's three-hops trans-Tasman plan, via Norfolk and Lord Howe), but the sea itself is hardly more inhospitable than the icecap of the Greenland plateau. This fact has been advertised by the dramatic loss and rescue of Augustine Courtauld, but the investigating party to which he belongs may yet open up a Canada-Britain air route via the frozen North. It was via icy Labrador that Norse sea-kings are said to have reached America years before the Spaniards.

where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow.”—Byron. Magnificent view of imposing snow-capped peaks obtained from Darjeeling, Bengal, India.

where forms and falls The avalanche—the thunderbolt of snow.”—Byron.
Magnificent view of imposing snow-capped peaks obtained from Darjeeling, Bengal, India.