polar exploration

Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer (Part II)

by Buddy Levy

In Part I published previously on The History Reader, author…
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Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer & Hero of the First Airplane Flight to the North Pole

Ellsworth (left) and Amundsen posing in Nome after their triumphant transpolar flight. (National Library of Norway)

by Buddy Levy

When one thinks of the great American polar explorers in history, names like…
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Featured Excerpt: Realm of Ice and Sky

by Buddy Levy

View of Smeerenberg, Spitzbergen, Norway. A photomechanical print taken between 1890 and…
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