The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1963, Page 60

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SUMMER 1963
A GROUP OF 110 PERSONS
CHARTER FLIGHT TO ICELAND
Vancouverites are showing the in-
genuity they are noted for, in charter-
ing their own flight from Vancouver
direct across the North Pole, to Ice-
land.
The group of 110, including people
from all down the coast, left Vancouver
on the 14th of June, aboard the C.P.A.
jet-tprop Britannia air liner. Their
CHIEF HOME IMERY
Prop. Helga Olafson
Pastries — Bread
Vinarterta and Other Icelandic
Specialties to order
also Catering
749 ELLICE AVE. Ph. SU. 3-6127
flight took them 10 hours, and the
cost per person was $295.00 return.
The two men who are heading this
tour are Snorri R. Gunnarson and Sig-
urbjorn Sigurdson, both of Vancouver.
The group is scheduled to return on
July 5th.
★
Prof. Haraldur Bessason left for
Quebec, in response to an ivitation
from Laval University. He was to
deliver an address on the Icelandic
Pioneers in Western Canada.
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