Polestar descending:glavsevmorput in decline, 1936-1939
Abstract In July 1937, in the wake of his successful expedition to the North Pole, Otto Shmidt gave a public address at Moscow’s Regional Council of Professional Labor Unions. Afterward, Shmidt was asked by a reporter why Levanevsky had not yet made a transpolar flight to America. After all, both Ch...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195114362.003.0007 2023-12-31T10:01:45+01:00 Polestar descending:glavsevmorput in decline, 1936-1939 Mccannon, John 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195114362.003.0007 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52535639/isbn-9780195114362-book-part-7.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY Red Arctic page 145-168 ISBN 9780195114362 9780197715758 book-chapter 1998 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195114362.003.0007 2023-12-06T09:04:12Z Abstract In July 1937, in the wake of his successful expedition to the North Pole, Otto Shmidt gave a public address at Moscow’s Regional Council of Professional Labor Unions. Afterward, Shmidt was asked by a reporter why Levanevsky had not yet made a transpolar flight to America. After all, both Chkalov and Gromov had done so. Why not a Glavsevmorput pilot? Shmidt answered by repeating the question: “Why, indeed, has Levanevsky not flown this year?” He paused, allowing a grin to appear on his face: “Remember, my comrades, the year is not yet out.” In other words, bigger and better things were yet to come from GUSMP. Book Part Arctic North Pole Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 145 168 |
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Abstract In July 1937, in the wake of his successful expedition to the North Pole, Otto Shmidt gave a public address at Moscow’s Regional Council of Professional Labor Unions. Afterward, Shmidt was asked by a reporter why Levanevsky had not yet made a transpolar flight to America. After all, both Chkalov and Gromov had done so. Why not a Glavsevmorput pilot? Shmidt answered by repeating the question: “Why, indeed, has Levanevsky not flown this year?” He paused, allowing a grin to appear on his face: “Remember, my comrades, the year is not yet out.” In other words, bigger and better things were yet to come from GUSMP. |
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Polestar descending:glavsevmorput in decline, 1936-1939 |
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Polestar descending:glavsevmorput in decline, 1936-1939 |
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Polestar descending:glavsevmorput in decline, 1936-1939 |
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1998 |
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