Arctic field photographs, 1926.

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Arctic field photographs, 1926.

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Photographs documenting the expedition undertaken by Lincoln Ellsworth, Roald Amundsen, and Umberto Nobile across the Polar Sea aboard the dirigible NORGE. Also shown are views of the Museum exhibit case commemorating the flight. Expedition map is provided. Photographs were taken by Amico, Farringdon Photo Company, and Wide World Photos. Copy photographs by Julius Kirchner. Photographs are identified.

7 photonegatives : b&w.37 photoprints : b&w.8 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951

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Lincoln Ellsworth (b. May 12, 1880, Chicago, Illinois-d. May 26, 1951, New York City), American explorer, engineer, and scientist. Ellsworth led the first trans-Arctic (1926) and trans-Antarctic (1935) air crossings. He first attempted to fly over the North Pole in 1925 with Roald Amundsen. Their planes were forced down onto the ice short of their goal, and the explorers spent 30 days trapped on the surface. In 1926, Ellsworth accompanied Amundsen on his second effort to fly over the Pole in th...

Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight (1926)

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World Wide Photos.

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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928

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While on an Arctic exploration, Amundsen's ship, the Maud, was disabled by a broken propeller off the Siberian coast. He requested assistance from Captain Claude S. Cochran on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear. From the description of Radiograms and telegrams : between Amundsen on the disabled auxiliary schooner Maud and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear, 1921 July 8-19. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30352211 Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer. ...

Norge (Dirigible)

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Kirchner, Julius

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Farringdon Photo Company.

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Nobile, Umberto, 1885-1978

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Aviator; interviewee d. 1978. From the description of Reminiscences of Umberto Nobile : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131752 Nobile was an Italian aeronautical engineer who designed airships for use in Arctic exploration. He flew over the North Pole with Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen in the Norge in 1926. In 1928 he flew over the North Pole in the Italia but crashed and had to be rescued. From the ...