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Beaufort Sea Beaufort Sea
Beaufort Sea , part of the Arctic Ocean, N of Alaska and Canada, between Point Barrow, Alaska, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The Mackenzie River flows into the sea, which is always covered with pack ice. It was first explored by the Canadian Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1914.... Read more
Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Wilkins, Sir George Hubert (1888–1958), Australian polar explorer, born at Mount Bryan East, South Australia. He served as second in command and photographer to the Canadian Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879–1962) on the latter's third expedition to the Canadian Arctic in 1913. He left it... Read more
Banks Island Banks Island
Banks Island c.26,000 sq mi (67,340 sq km), NW Northwest Territories, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean, in the Arctic Archipelago. It is the westernmost of the group and is separated from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf. Banks Island, which has many lakes, is a hilly plateau rising to c.2,000 ft (610 m)... Read more
Wrangel Island Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island or Wrangell Island , Rus. Ostrov Vrangelya, island, 1,740 sq mi (4,507 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean, between the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea, off NE Russia. It is separated from the mainland by Long Strait. Generally barren, frozen, and rocky, it has an arctic station... Read more
Sir Martin Frobisher Sir Martin Frobisher
Sir Martin Frobisher , 1535?-1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the friendship of Sir Humphrey Gilbert , through whom he became interested in the Northwest Passage . Licensed by Queen Elizabeth I and backed by a group... Read more
Sir George Hubert Wilkins Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Sir George Hubert Wilkins Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958) was an Australian explorer, scientist, and adventurer who imaginatively used scientific techniques in widely diverse conditions in the Australian bush, the Arctic, and the Antarctic. Hubert Wilkins was born at Mount Bryan near... Read more
Radicalism Radicalism
RadicalismThe development of modern radicalismBIBLIOGRAPHYThe term “radicalism” always points to some analytical or revisionist function. It implies a concentration of the focus of relevance on a particular principle, at the expense of the traditionally sanctioned regard for the complexities of... Read more
Ironclad Oath Ironclad Oath
IRONCLAD OATH IRONCLAD OATH. In 1862, Congress mandated that civil servants and military personnel take an Ironclad Test Oath that they had never voluntarily aided the Confederacy. As Reconstruction evolved, the Ironclad Oath emerged as the strictest of several possible standards for the... Read more
Susan Sontag Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag , 1933-2004, American writer and critic, b. New York City. She grew up in Arizona and California, studied philosophy at the Univ. of Chicago, Harvard, and Oxford, absorbed Gallic culture in Paris, and settled (1959) in New York City. Regarded as a brilliant and original thinker and... Read more
Patria Patria
patria, the Roman concept of the fatherland, entered Irish political discourse under the impact of the Renaissance. First used by a Protestant radical, Edward Walshe, in 1545, it increasingly bolstered the claims of Catholic reactionaries, notably James Fitzmaurice. In 1579 he combined the... Read more

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Franklin's lost ships an enduring mystery
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press ...Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson called the "unsolved...out in 1845 on his second search for the Northwest...the details of his life before he joined...third officer and second in command of the...ice, barring a ...

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