Papers, 1956-1958

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Papers, 1956-1958

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82745032

Miscellaneous papers relating to his 15 months spent at Wilkes Base in the Antarctic working as a civilian scientist in connection with the International Geophysical Year Program on Operation Deepfreeze III.

2 boxes (0.75 linear ft.)

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 8288541

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

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Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and part of two other Antarctic expeditions, acquired Polaris after her owner's financial trouble. Renamed Endurance after the Shackleton family motto Fortitudine vincimus (By Endurance we Conquer), she sailed intending to accomplish the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. She departed for her final voyage on December 15, 1914 but progress was slow, averaging about 30 miles per day through pack ice. A month later, w...

Long, Robert L., Jr.

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Dartmouth Class of 1956; physicist. From the description of Papers, 1956-1958 (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 82745032 ...