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Record #145806:

The Wellman Polar airship expeditions at Virgohamna, Danskøya, Svalbard - a study in aerospace archaeology / Peter Joseph Capelotti.

Title: The Wellman Polar airship expeditions at Virgohamna, Danskøya, Svalbard - a study in aerospace archaeology / Peter Joseph Capelotti.
Author(s): Capelotti, Peter Joseph.
Date: 1997.
In: Norsk Polarinstitutt. Meddelelser. (1997.), Vol. 145 (1997)
Abstract: Chapters: Walter Wellman and his Polar expeditions - Svalbard 1894, Franz Josef Land 1898, Svalbard 1906, Danskøya 1907 and 1909; setting; material remains of Camp Wellman; exploration and advertising; airship cars at Virgohamna; airship hydrogen production at Virgohamna; conclusions - Wellman in Polar history, preservation and study of camp, archaeology of Polar aeronaut. Several aspects of planned flights, engine, envelope and gondola design and hydrogen chemistry are discussed.
Notes:

Norsk Polarinstitutt. Meddelelser. Vol. 145 :1-101 (1997).

Signed by Author.

Keywords: 629.733 -- Balloons and airships.
903 -- Archaeology.
91(091) -- Exploration, history: Wellman.
92 -- Biographies: Wellman, Walter.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*32) -- Svalbard.
SPRI record no.: 145806

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