Germany To The Pacific In
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An 18Ft. Canoe
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, Aug. 1.
HERR OSKAR SPECK, a young Ger man canoeist, reached Samarai, Papua, early last month. He left for Port Moresby, but has been delayed at Fife Bay with malarial fever. Prom Papua, he will cross to T.I. and then travel down the Australian coast to his destination, Brisbane.
The 18 ft. Kayak canoe is his fifth since leaving Germany seven years ago, and it carries the Australian flag at the bow and the Swastika aft. Speck uses a small sail or paddles if there is no wind, work ing the rudder with his feet. He lives mostly on eggs while at sea.