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The Polaris expedition of 1871–1873 was one of the first serious attempts to reach the North Pole after that of British naval officer Sir Edward Parry, who reached 82° 45′ N in 1827. Funded by the U.S. government, the expedition's notable achievement was reaching 82° 29′ N by ship, a record at the time.
Santa Catalina Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, and also known as Pimu [1] as the traditional name of the Indigenous people of the Tongva Tribe) is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island covers an area of ...
Charles Francis Hall (c. 1821 – November 8, 1871) was an American Arctic explorer, best known for his collection of Inuit testimony regarding the 1845 Franklin Expedition and the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death while leading the American-sponsored Polaris expedition in an attempt to be the first to reach the North Pole.
1932–1933: East Greenland expedition, also known as the Pan Am expedition, a four-man expedition to continue the work of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1932–1933 : Dalstroy expedition to the Kolyma River in a convoy headed by the icebreaker Fyodor Litke
A schooner that was blown up for a movie in Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, in about 1926. Monfalcone: 31 August 1930 A gambling ship that caught fire and sank off Long Beach. USS Moody United States Navy: 21 February 1933 A Clemson-class destroyer that was blown up in San Pedro Bay for the MGM movie Hell Below. USS Moray United States Navy
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