STORY OF THE VOYAGE,
OBSERVATIONS AT THE POLE. NOME, May 16.
Lieutenant Hjalmar Larsen, the Nor-wegian second pilot of the Norge, on being interviewed, said thin ice and open water were found at the North Pole
h/t to Ivan
STORY OF THE VOYAGE,
OBSERVATIONS AT THE POLE. NOME, May 16.
Lieutenant Hjalmar Larsen, the Nor-wegian second pilot of the Norge, on being interviewed, said thin ice and open water were found at the North Pole
h/t to Ivan
Giving Nature a helping hand.
“BLOWING UP THE NORTH POLE.
A SCHEME FOR OPENING THE ARCTIC SEA BY DYNAMITE.
Did Nature intend the Arctic Sea to be open, and the climate moderate? And is it possible to do by means of dynamite what Nature has unaccountably omitted to do?”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3514009?
~June 1890
Seadragon US submarine at North Pole 1962
http://navsource.org/archives/08/0858411.jpg
http://www.csp.navy.mil/asl/Timeline.htm
“The Sturgeon (SSN-637) lies in shallow broken ice at the North Pole, 17 April 1989.”
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0863708.jpg
This looks like an important find, Steve. Newspaper is 1926, open water at the pole in the month of May! I wonder if any ice survived through that summer. The Ice Capades team ain’t gonna like this at all.
P.S. Would somebody please help Mark Serreze in from the ledge of his ivory tower?