Lincoln Ellsworth, 1880-1951

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Wilkins, Hubert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1951
• Subjects: Animal diseases; Biographies; Birds; Botany; Caucasians; Dogs; Expeditions; Fisheries; Furbearing animals; Geological exploration; Health; Hydrography; Indians; Inuit; M'Clintock; Sir Francis Leopold; 1819-1907; Oceanography; Plant-soil relationships; Plants (Biology); Rabies; Research; Roots; Soil profiles; Testing; Tuberculosis; Uranium; X-rays; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Amundsen Gulf; N.W.T; Alaska; Canadian Arctic; Moosonee; Ontario; Attawapiskat; Moose Factory; Waskaganish; Québec; Eastmain; Vieux-Comptoir; Chisasibi; Belcher Islands; Nunavut; Inukjuak; Puvirnituq; Guillaume-Delisle; Lac; region; Kuujjuarapik; Whapmagoostui; Fort Albany; Antarctic; Arctic; Balchen; Belcher; Guillaume; hollick-Kenyon; Kenyon; Lymburner; Nobile; North Pole; Pacific; Riiser-Larsen; The Antarctic; Wilkins; Antarc*; Beaufort Sea; inuit; Moose; Subarctic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66991

Lincoln Ellsworth, a pioneer in arctic and antarctic exploration by air, and first to fly completely across both polar regions, died on 26 May 1951 following a heart attack. He was in his 72nd year. A restless desire to see new lands, cross new seas, and to expand earth's frontiers was the expr...