Map of Arctic Basin / Wm. Briesemeister, del.

• Main Author: Briesemeister, William A.
• Other Authors: American Geographical Society of New York
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: American Geographical Society of New York 1928
• Subjects: Polar regions > Maps; Arctic Ocean > Maps; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pulitzer; Wilkins; Arctic Basin; Barrow; Alaska; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/2433

"Note: This is a print of map made for "North American Newspaper Alliance: World Newspaper - Pulitzer Bld." -- hand written note. Annotated in black and red pencil to show the route taken by Wilkins on his flight from Pt. Barrow, Alaska, to Green Harbor, Spitsbergen, in April 1928. Includes detailed notes about altitude, visibility, etc. correlated to various sources, including a book Wilkins wrote about his experiences, "Flying the Arctic" (Wilkins 1928). Map listed in "Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Libary: a cartobibliography" (2010) as: "Annotated map showing course of George Hubert Wilkins's flight." Color 1:5,000,000