Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay

A letter from Evelyn Briggs Baldwin to the photographer Rudolf Kersting in May of 1898 lends credence to the notion that the two men were close associates, shared membership in the Arctic Club of America, and that Kersting was the personality behind Baldwin’s place name of Kersting Bay on Wilczek Is...

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Published in:Septentrio Conference Series
Main Author: Cruz, Alejandro
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Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2015
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description A letter from Evelyn Briggs Baldwin to the photographer Rudolf Kersting in May of 1898 lends credence to the notion that the two men were close associates, shared membership in the Arctic Club of America, and that Kersting was the personality behind Baldwin’s place name of Kersting Bay on Wilczek Island in Franz Josef Land later in 1898 during the second Wellman polar expedition.
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spelling ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3584 2025-01-16T20:28:26+00:00 Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay Cruz, Alejandro 2015-09-09 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/3584 https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3584 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/3584/3420 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/3584 doi:10.7557/5.3584 Copyright (c) 2015 Alejandro Cruz Septentrio Conference Series; No 3 (2015): Proceedings of a Workshop on the Historic Place Names of Franz Josef Land; 63-68 2387-3086 10.7557/scs.2015.3 Franz Josef Land historic place names historical geography Evelyn Briggs Baldwin Walter Wellman Rudolf Kersting Kersting Bay polar exploration Oslo NSF workshop info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3584 https://doi.org/10.7557/scs.2015.3 2021-08-16T16:49:15Z A letter from Evelyn Briggs Baldwin to the photographer Rudolf Kersting in May of 1898 lends credence to the notion that the two men were close associates, shared membership in the Arctic Club of America, and that Kersting was the personality behind Baldwin’s place name of Kersting Bay on Wilczek Island in Franz Josef Land later in 1898 during the second Wellman polar expedition. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Franz Josef Land Wilczek Island University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Arctic Baldwin ENVELOPE(163.300,163.300,-72.250,-72.250) Briggs ENVELOPE(-63.017,-63.017,-64.517,-64.517) Evelyn ENVELOPE(-127.270,-127.270,54.883,54.883) Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Wellman ENVELOPE(-61.400,-61.400,-64.483,-64.483) Septentrio Conference Series 3 63
spellingShingle Franz Josef Land
historic place names
historical geography
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Walter Wellman
Rudolf Kersting
Kersting Bay
polar exploration
Oslo NSF workshop
Cruz, Alejandro
Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay
title Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay
title_full Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay
title_fullStr Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay
title_full_unstemmed Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay
title_short Chapter 7. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Kersting Bay
title_sort chapter 7. evelyn briggs baldwin and kersting bay
topic Franz Josef Land
historic place names
historical geography
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Walter Wellman
Rudolf Kersting
Kersting Bay
polar exploration
Oslo NSF workshop
topic_facet Franz Josef Land
historic place names
historical geography
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Walter Wellman
Rudolf Kersting
Kersting Bay
polar exploration
Oslo NSF workshop
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/3584
https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3584