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After the sinking, Bartlett organised a march across the ice to Wrangel Island, 80 miles (130 km) away. [n 1] Conditions were difficult and dangerous; two four-man parties were lost before the island was reached. From the island, Bartlett and an Inuk companion, Kataktovik, set out across the frozen sea for the Siberian coast, in search of help ...
José Salvador Alvarenga (Spanish: [xoˈse salβaˈðoɾ alβaˈɾeŋɡa]; born c. 1975) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, [nb 1] on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012.
103: American author [101] Bel Kaufman: 1911–2014: 103: German-born American novelist and professor [102] Hans Keilson: 1909–2011: 101: German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist [103] Hossein Wahid Khorasani: 1921– 104: Iranian author and ayatollah [104] Ted Knap: 1920–2023: 102: American journalist [105 ...
The map of North America with the Western Interior Seaway during the Campanian. The Western Interior Seaway (also called the Cretaceous Seaway, the Niobraran Sea, the North American Inland Sea, or the Western Interior Sea) was a large inland sea that split the continent of North America into two landmasses for 34 million years.
On 11 March 1984, Guðlaugur and four other fishermen were fishing off the coast of Heimaey near the Westman Islands when their boat, which was engaging in fishing and carrying trenchers to another village, capsized at about 10 p.m. [1] It was suspected that the weight of the trenchers was miscalculated, causing the boat to be more susceptible to turbulent ocean conditions.
Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. [ 1 ]
Poon Lim BEM (Chinese: 潘濂; pinyin: Pān Lián; 8 March 1918 – 4 January 1991) was a Chinese seafarer.He was born on the island of Hainan, China.In 1942–43, he survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic.
On their march they were continually shot at by American militiamen. Whittemore was in his fields when he spotted an approaching British relief brigade under Earl Percy, sent to assist the retreat. Whittemore loaded his musket and ambushed the British grenadiers of the 47th Regiment of Foot from behind a nearby stone wall, killing one soldier ...