Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-14 | Page 13 | Greenland Ships 7-Ton Meteorite

I Greenland Ships r f Ton 7 Mete Meteorite rite e ABERDEEN Scotland Oct 14 I IAP AP The The third largest meteorite in the world has just arrived here from Greenland aboard the Danish schooner Captain Pedersen Peder- Peder Pedersen sen of the says sars it weighs seven tons Eskimos said the meteorite meteorite meteorite me me- fell in 1918 and that they had been dragging it toward the coast coaston I on dog sledges since 1923 I Captain Pedersen said he had much trouble In steering his vessel because the stone deflected the i I compas The in 1924 rescued rescued rescued res res- cued the Danish explorer Peter Fre- Fre I v 1 n v Wh ho had been lost In Baffin r three years I Of Ot the two larger meteorites In In existence one is in the United Stales States and the other In Great Britain Britain Brit Brit- Brit I ain