Hypothesis Versus Fact: August Petermann and Polar Research

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Tammiksaar, E., Sukhova, N.G., Stone, I.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: August Petermann; history; exploration; Arctic Ocean; open polar sea; Gulf Stream; extension of Greenland; Ostrov Vrangelya (Wrangel Island); histoire; océan Arctique; mer polaire ouverte; extension du Groenland; Ostrov Vrangelya (île Wrangell); Arctic; Greenland; Wrangel Island; Arctique*; Groenland; Océan Arctique; Open Polar Sea
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63985

The history of polar exploration has witnessed several conceptions of the climate, presence of lands, conditions of ice, and currents in the Arctic Ocean that were hypothetical or based on scarce research data. One such conception was the view of the physical geography of polar areas put forward in...