Papers, 1928-1942.

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Papers, 1928-1942.

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Collection contains essays on Arctic exploration, the Wilkins-Ellsworth submarine expedition, and the Chukchi Indians, and other papers of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup. Includes mss. for the following works by Sverdrup: Arctic Eden, a study of the Chukchi of Ayon Island, Siberia, translated from the 1938 edition of Hos Tundra-Folket (Syldendal, Norsk, Forlag, Oslo) by Sverdrup; How and why of the Nautilus, translated from Hvorledes og hvorfor med Nautilus by Gudlaug K. Randby; and The how and why of the Nautilus voyage, condensed by Olive Rathbun Wilcox from Randby's translation and edited by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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Randby, Gudlaug K.

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Nautilus (Submarine : SSN-571)

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USS Nautilus was the first nuclear powered submarine, commissioned in 1954. She completed the first successful voyage across the North Pole in August 1958. From the description of Photographs, 1958. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 730439694 ...

Wilcox, Olive Rathbun

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson was born on November 3, 1879 in Arnes, Manitoba, Canada. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1897-1902. He was voted the best orator in 1900, and also worked for the school newspaper. In 1930 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, only the third such degree awarded. He then transferred to the University of Iowa and graduated in 1903 with a degree from the School of Liberal Arts. He next enrolled at Harvard, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1...

Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition (1931)

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Maud (Ship)

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Sverdrup, H.U. (Harald Ulrik), 1888-1957

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Sverdrup, meteorologist, oceanographer, and Polar explorer, was the chief of the scientific staff on Raold Amundsen's Maud expeditions (1917-1925) and on the Wilkins-Ellsworth submarine expedition (1931) to the Arctic. From the description of Papers, 1928-1942. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352129 ...

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. ...