Correspondence, 1908-1912.

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...

Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...

Lee, Hugh J.

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Borup, George, 1885-1912

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Member of the North Pole expedition led by Robert E. Peary, 1908-1909; assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology, 1911-1912. From the description of A tenderfoot with Peary / by George Borup. [1909?-1911?] (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 18802706 Borup was a geologist and explorer. He was the brother of Yvette Borup Andrews, the first wife of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Borup partici...

Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927

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Epithet: geographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x00013b ...

Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924

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Edmund Otis Hovey was a geologist and museum curator. He joined the American Museum of Natural History in 1894 as assistant curator in the Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, becoming associate curator in 1901 and curator in 1910. He was also acting administrator of the museum for two brief periods. Hovey's main areas of interest were volcanoes, earthquakes and meteorites. He traveled all over the world, taking photographs and collecting specimens from major geological ev...

Feilden, H.W. (Henry Wemyss), 1838-1921

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Epithet: naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x0001b5 British soldier, naturalist, and scientist. Served as a staff officer in the Confederate Army under Generals Beauregard and Hardee. From the description of Correspondence of Henry W. Feilden [manuscript] 11861-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966121 From the description of Papers of Henry W. Feilden [m...

Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)

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The purpose of the expedition, led by Donald B. MacMillan, was to explore the supposed land northwest of Grant Land, named Crocker Land. From the description of Arctic field photographs, 1913-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515582 The purpose of the Crocker Land Expedition was to explore the land mass in the Arctic northwest of Grant Land that was observed by Admiral Peary in 1906. The expedition was organized in cooperation with the American Geographical Society and...

Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x00006d ...