Giles Land—a mystery for S.A. Andrée and other early Arctic explorers

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Lantz, Björn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Kvitøya; Andrée expedition; Arctic exploration; Svalbard; maps; Andrée; Arctic; Giles; North Pole; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3433; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3433

After the initial discovery of Giles Land (Kvitøya, Svalbard) by Cornelis Giles in 1707, it was most likely never seen by anyone again until 1876. During this lengthy period, Giles Land evolved into an enigma as various explorers and cartographers came to very different conclusions about its probabl...