Sir Hubert Wilkins, Father of Arctic Aviation
As man's conquest of the air was gathering momentum in the 1920s, there came a longing among explorers of the Arctic, to overfly the icy waters which had hitherto taken such a heavy toll in men and ships. Men who, like Wilkins, had already made their mark in sailing through the ice and walking...
| Published in: | The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1960
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0368393100073260 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0368393100073260 |