Description: A map of the North Polar Region from 1920 showing the routes of Arctic expeditions, from the sinking of the USS Jeanette in 1881 to the date that Commander Peary first reached the North Pole (April 6, 1909). The map shows the routes George De Long (1881), Fridtjof Nansen (1893–1896), Duke of the Abruzzi (1899–1900), and the Peary expeditions of 1900, 1902, 1906, and 1909.
Place Names: Arctic Region, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Russi
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters
Keywords: Arctic Region Exploration, borders, political, historical, country borders,
county borders, historical event, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters, Unknown, 1850–1909
Source: , The New Reference Atlas of the World - A New Series of Physical, Political and Historical Maps compiled from Government Surveys and exhibiting the Latest Results of Geographical Research (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond & Company, 1920) 32
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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