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MARC recordThe most unforgettable character I've met / Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
| Title: | The most unforgettable character I've met / Vilhjalmur Stefansson. |
| Author(s): | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. |
| Date: | 1959. |
| Publisher: | [New York]: Reader's Digest |
| Abstract: | Biography of Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer who took part in early stages of Cope's 1920-22 British Imperial Antarctic Expedition and Shackleton's 1921-22 Quest Antarctic expedition. Wilkins made first exploratory flight in Antarctic and first flight over Arctic Ocean, and attempted to navigate submarine under ice to North Pole. |
| Notes: | Offprint: Readers' Digest. July 1959. |
| Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1920-22 Cope. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1921-22 Shackleton. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 656.7(091) -- History of aviation. 629.127 -- Submarines. 93"19" -- Twentieth century. 92 -- Biographies: Wilkins, George Hubert. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*2) -- Polar regions. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*301) -- North Pole. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-PAM: 92[Wilkins, G.H.] |
| SPRI record no.: | 213519 |
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