May 17, 1926 : “Much Open Water” At The North Pole

4 Responses to May 17, 1926 : “Much Open Water” At The North Pole

1. wwlee4411 says:

   January 18, 2014 at 9:30 pm

   Reblogged this on wwlee4411 and commented:
   It’s happened before, and it will happen again.

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2. Billy Liar says:

   January 18, 2014 at 11:12 pm

   If he saw ‘rocky islands’ and much open water at the north pole he was in the wrong place. How did he navigate? Unlikely he had GPS – smartphones hadn’t been invented. In May it would be unlikely to be dark enough for astro navigation. If he saw the sun he might have been able to work out his latitude but I would like to see the computation from a sun sight.

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   • Anthony S says:

     January 19, 2014 at 3:10 pm

     It could have been at the magnetic north pole, which would be in the Canadian archipelago at that time.

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3. Sparks says:

   January 19, 2014 at 7:12 pm

   During May, it suggests that there was even more open water during the summer melt of that year, less ice.

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