Arctic Flights

When Trans-Arctic transportation becomes common, when air routes take full advantage of great circle courses, when we travel from New York to New Guinea via Point Barrow, Alaska, from Chicago to China almost hitting the North Pole on the way, and from San Francisco to Moscow via Spitsbergen, then, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Main Author: Wilkins, G. H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1928
Subjects:
Arctic
North Pole
Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001924000132178
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0001924000132178
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Summary:When Trans-Arctic transportation becomes common, when air routes take full advantage of great circle courses, when we travel from New York to New Guinea via Point Barrow, Alaska, from Chicago to China almost hitting the North Pole on the way, and from San Francisco to Moscow via Spitsbergen, then, and then only, will those concerned with aerial transportation realise the facilities the Arctic affords the aerial navigator.

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