The ‘American supply trail’: archaeological notes on the remains of the Ziegler polar expedition in Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, 1903–1905

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Capelotti, P.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; North Pole; Franz Josef Land; Baldwin; Kane; Bukhta; Ostrov Grili; Polar Record; Rudolf Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224741000046x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224741000046X

ABSTRACT Between 1898 and 1905, three American expeditions attempted to reach the geographical North Pole from the archipelago of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa [Franz Josef Land] and each went to extraordinary and expensive lengths to stage their work. The third of these, the Ziegler polar expedition (1903–...