Papers, 1908-1987.

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Papers, 1908-1987.

Biographical; corespondence; consultant work files; expeditions files; films and sound recordings; photographs; speeches; Wilkins Memorial Foundation files; and writings.

58 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7143933

Ohio State University Libraries

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Wilkins, George Hubert, Sir, 1888-1958

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Sir George Hubert Wilkins (b. October 31, 1888, Hallett, South Australia-d. November 30, 1958, Framingham, Massachusetts), polar explorer, geographer, photographer, and consultant for the United States Military. He was internationally recognized for his expeditions to the Arctic and Anarctic from 1913 to 1939. Wiklins was the navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Arctic Sea (1928); navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Antarctica (1933); and led the Nautilus sub...

Wilkins Memorial Foundation.

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