| Tittel: | Strange interlude at Virgohamna, Danskøya, Svalbard, 1906 : The merkelig mann, the engineer and the spy | | Ansvar: | P. J. Capelotti, Herman Van Dyk, Jean-Claude Cailliez | | Forfatter: | Capelotti, P. J.  / Van Dyk, Herman / Cailliez, Jean-Claude | | Materialtype: | Artikkel | | Signatur: | Digital PDF | | Utgitt: | Norwegian Polar Institute / Norsk Polarinstitutt, 2007 | | Omfang: | 13 sider - Illustrert | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1751-8369 | | Klassenummer: | 919.84 | | Serie: | Polar Research ; 2007/1 | | Emneord: | Arkeologi / Arktis / Luftskip / Norsk Polarinstitutt / Polarekspedisjoner | | Personer som emne: | Walter Wellman | | Geografiske emneord: | Arktis / Danskøya / Nordpolen / Norge / Svalbard / Virgohamna | | Note: | Artikkelen ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side. | | Innhold: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Just over a century ago, the American journalist Walter Wellman first tried to reach the North Pole by airship. Despite the hoopla that surrounded the expedition, it was a fiasco and the attempt became a quirky and somewhat obscure episode in the history of polar exploration. In this issue of Polar Research, we present two complementary contributions about this event. The first paper, below, is a collaboration between Penn State University Abington College archaeologist P. J. Capelotti, engineer and airship historian Herman Van Dyk and Swiss aeronautical historian Jean-Claude Cailliez. It presents new data on the initial operations of Wellman’s attempt to reach the pole in 1906.
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