Dublin Core
Title
The Viking Breed
Subject
Antarctic, Brisbane, The Brisbane Courier, Edda, honour, New South Wales, Nimrod, Norsemen, NSW, QLD, Queensland, Royal Society of New South Wales, saga, Sydney, Sydney Town Hall, Thor, Viking, vikings
Description
An article on page 4 of The Brisbane Courier newspaper on April 6, 1909. The article reports on an official welcome in Sydney Town Hall for returned Antarctic explorer Professor (Sir) Edgeworth David. In recounting the achievements of the expedition the anonymous author takes the opportunity to compare the adventures to earlier voyages of exploration by the Norsemen recounted in Sagas and Eddas. The article also manages to mention the Norse god Thor, noting that it was fortunate the his hammer did not ‘descend in wrath and blizzard’, allowing Professor David to return home and do ‘honour both to science and the Empire’.
Creator
Anon.
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
The Brisbane Courier
Date
6 April 1909
Rights
No Copyright
Format
Newspaper Article; PDF
Language
English
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper Article