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Article re. experiments with alternative forms of fuel DUNIH 1.283

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Article re. experiments with alternative forms of fuel

Newspaper cutting, taken from "The Times" and dated 30/1/1930. Article entitled 'Blubber as fuel - Norvegia's successful experiments', relating to Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larson's experiments with blubber as an alternative fuel supply as part of the Novegia Expedition. Part of a scrapbook belonging to William R. Colbeck, 2nd Officer on the "Discovery" during BANZARE 1929-1931 and son of William Colbeck, captain of the "Morning", the relief ship for the Discovery during the National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904.

Number: DUNIH 1.283
Name: Article re. experiments with alternative forms of fuel
Date: 1930-01-30
Maker: Times, The (London)
Location: In Store