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Pages in category "Novels set in the Arctic" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Mobile view; Search. Search. Category: Novels set in ...
1825–1827: The Mackenzie River expedition descends the Mackenzie River and maps much of the Arctic coast; 1826: Frederick William Beechey aboard HMS Blossom explores the Alaskan coast from Point Barrow to the Bering Strait; 1827: First Norwegian expedition to the Arctic, led by Baltazar Mathias Keilhau
Conquering the Arctic Ice (London, 1909) Lost in the Arctic (1913). Some of his Greenland expeditions are recounted here. Mylius-Erichsen's Report on the Non-Existence of Peary's Channel (1913) Tre Aar par Grönlands Ostkyst (1914) Nord-syd-øst-vest (1917) Norden For Lov og Ret, a story (1920) translated as Frozen Justice (1922) John Dale, a ...
In 1994 she joined the Meta Incognita Project, [2] studying Martin Frobisher's Arctic expeditions and attempt to start a colony in Canada. [ 3 ] Seaver is best known for her 2004 book on the history of the Vínland Map , a map whose authenticity has been debated since its first appearance in 1957 and is now considered a forgery. [ 4 ]
MacMillan was known to be fond of dogs and very good at working with them -- skills he learned from Inuit companions on his first Arctic expedition with Robert Peary in 1908-1909." [ 15 ] On June 25, 1954, MacMillan was promoted, by a special act of Congress , to rank of rear admiral on the Naval Reserve retired list in honor of his lifetime of ...
His books focus on exploring nature. The CBC placed his book, Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic , on their recommended reading list for the winter of 2020. [ 2 ] The book chronicles a 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) wilderness canoe trip he took to celebrate Canada's sesquicentennial. [ 3 ]
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Miriam Norton Look MacMillan (née Look; June 13, 1905 – August 18, 1987) was an American sailor, author, lecturer, photographer, and explorer.. From 1937 onward she was a chief photographer [1] in nine Arctic expeditions [2] on the Bowdoin schooner to Labrador, Baffin Island, and West Greenland within 660 miles of the North Pole.