By this time Commander Peary was recognized as the foremost Arctic explorer of the world and it was now, with all these years of experience behind
Peary Heads North
The magnitude of the task he has accomplished can only be appreciated by measuring it against the centuries of heroic effort that lay
The Expedition of the SS Fram
We turn now to the three most recent and most successful of Arctic conquerors, Nansen, Abruzzi, and Peary.Continuing The Search for the North
Search for Franklin
Steam had now superseded sails as the motive power of ships, so Franklin had high hopes that the glory of the achievement was to be his.Continuing
Northern Continental Coastlines Mapped
A different phase of Arctic exploration began in 1670 with the formation of the Hudson Bay fur company.Continuing The Search for the North
Henry Hudson’s Explorations
From Hudson to Peary three centuries extend. Through all these years the lure of the North has coaxed men on.Continuing The Search for the North
The Search for the North Pole
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Earliest Polar Explorers.IntroductionEven though the North Pole was
The Radio Operator Saved the Passenger’s Lives
Today's installment concludes Radios' First Triumph,the name of our combined selection from Edward J. Wheeler, Gugllelmo Marconi, and Arthur D. H.
Mid-Atlantic Collison and the Radio Operator Actions
It was to the wireless that the passengers on the Republic owed their salvation.Continuing Radios' First Triumph,with a selection from an article