Word: alls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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2) That Peary did not take enough observations on the last lap, took no longitude observations at all.
3) That Peary had previously shown himself unreliable by claiming, on Green-TIME, December 4, 1939 land expeditions, discovery of "Peary Channel" and "Crocker Land" which subsequent travelers found were not there at all; that there were many discrepancies in his Pole story, that he contradicted himself many times in...
The question thus became, not "Who got there first?" but "Did anybody get there at all?" Perhaps neither Cook nor Peary first saw the North Pole: perhaps it was first sighted, from the relatively cozy cabin of an airplane, by Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett in 1926.
Last week, though much of his old ebullience was gone, old "Doc" Cook still held high his white head, as he chatted with Sir Hubert Wilkins. His talk was still of exploring. Said he, holding his fingers to his temples: "Most of all we have got to explore this area...
Pillar halos are caused by the reflection of strong lights from the faces of thin, flat snow crystals which tend to pancake while falling-that is, to keep their reflecting surfaces horizontal so that light rising from below is reflected practically straight down. Since turbulent winds tumble tiny snow crystals...