Strange interlude at Virgohamna, Danskøya, Svalbard, 1906: the merkelig mann, the engineer and the spy

Polar research

Herman Van Dyk¹  Jean-Claude Cailliez²  P. J. Capelotti³ 

[1] 7 Birchwood Avenie, Peabody, MA 01960, USA;75 avenue de Mategnin, CH-1217 Meyrin, Switzerland;P. J. Capelotti, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University, USACorrespondence

关键词: North Pole;    Wellman;    Nansen;    Savlbard;    Airship;    Motor sledge;    Zeppelin.;   

DOI  :  10.1111/j.1751-8369.2007.00008.x

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Co-Action Publishing

【 摘 要 】

Just over a century ago, the American journalist Walter Wellman first tried to reach the North Pole by airship. Despite the hoopla that surrounded the expedition, it was a fiasco and the attempt became a quirky and somewhat obscure episode in the history of polar exploration. In this issue of Polar Research, we present two complementary contributions about this event. The first paper, below, is a collaboration between Penn State University Abington College archaeologist P. J. Capelotti, engineer and airship historian Herman Van Dyk and Swiss aeronautical historian Jean-Claude Cailliez. It presents new data on the initial operations of Wellman’s attempt to reach the pole in 1906.

【 授权许可】

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