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Show FUTURE BRIGHT FOR THE ARCTIC Steffanson Predicts Rapid Growth In Its Population TORONTO, Aug. 10 Vllhjalmur Btelansson visiting this city Wednesday Wednes-day asserted that the age of exploration explora-tion of the Arctic regions was over and that the age of commercial development develop-ment had begun "I intend to devote the rest of my lifo, not to the exploring of the north-land, north-land, but to the building up of a greater great-er Canada," he said. "I venture to prophesy that within 50 years there will l... less land in th northern hemisphere that Is considered con-sidered vvorthless because of the cold than there Is land in the south that Is considered worthless because of lt.sj being dry" Discussing Amundsen's proposed flight over the North Pole Stefansson! ould sec no reason why it should not succeed. FLIGHT OVER POLE. "If he docs not succeed it will be merely the first flight In a contlnu-"'i- series,' he added 1 Th. .oniii-tions .oniii-tions are ideal It Is only the 111-in-formed who believe that flying conditions condi-tions over the pole In summer are more difficult th.in oer the Atlantic As a matter of fact they are better because the temperature s about as warm as over the Atlantic and is more uniform becautf i i sre is no sunset ani the daylight Is continuous. The flight over the pole will const con-st n nte no distance record The aerial Journey from New- Foundland to England Eng-land already has been accomplished and that Is longer.' |