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Show ARCTIC EXPLORER WHO USES ICELANDIC I HORSES STABLES THEM IN THE ICE : - . Hs B - ,SERw' '" r' '"5c Ht:' TtF"t-.. - - t!lB Five horses of the Koch expedition in a hole in the ice which served them as a stable in central Greenland. The well-known Danish Arctic explorer, Captain J. P. Koch, has just returned from an adventurous journey across the inland ice of Greenland. This he crossed at its broadest place, which means that he had to cover nearly 750 miles. Progress was made with the aid of Icelandic horses, a fact which may cause a revolution in future Arctic .cvcl. The animals were stabled in the ice as shown by the accompanying illustration. The expedition as a whole has beer remarkable, not only for the energy and hardiness shown by the explorers, but for scientific results. |