Robert Stein's expedition to Ellesmere Island 1899–1901
In the present era of instantaneous telecommunications it is scarcely conceivable that two major exploring or scientific expeditions could be planning simultaneously to operate in a particular area of the Arctic (or indeed anywhere on earth) in complete ignorance of each other's intentions unti...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400019008 2024-03-03T08:41:49+00:00 Robert Stein's expedition to Ellesmere Island 1899–1901 Barr, William 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400019008 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400019008 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 21, issue 132, page 253-274 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1982 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400019008 2024-02-08T08:47:18Z In the present era of instantaneous telecommunications it is scarcely conceivable that two major exploring or scientific expeditions could be planning simultaneously to operate in a particular area of the Arctic (or indeed anywhere on earth) in complete ignorance of each other's intentions until each arrived in the field. At the turn of the century, however, this was indeed possible, and did in fact happen in the case of a little-known expedition to Ellesmere Island, led by Dr Robert Stein, which found itself completely eclipsed by the much better equipped and funded expedition of Otto Sverdrup in Fram . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ellesmere Island Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Ellesmere Island Polar Record 21 132 253 274 |
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In the present era of instantaneous telecommunications it is scarcely conceivable that two major exploring or scientific expeditions could be planning simultaneously to operate in a particular area of the Arctic (or indeed anywhere on earth) in complete ignorance of each other's intentions until each arrived in the field. At the turn of the century, however, this was indeed possible, and did in fact happen in the case of a little-known expedition to Ellesmere Island, led by Dr Robert Stein, which found itself completely eclipsed by the much better equipped and funded expedition of Otto Sverdrup in Fram . |
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