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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stoll-MacCracken Siberian-Arctic Expedition, supported by Charles H. Stoll, Manhattan lawyer, collected some fine specimens of brown bear and the material for the Pacific Walrus Group to be placed in the Hall of Ocean Life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Needy American Museum | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...extending almost due north from the Yukon. Inasmuch as there was practically no night at this stage of the journey, the sun being up 22 hours a day, the party continued on their way without a stop for 160 miles up the Porcupine. Although they were well within the Arctic circle, the temperature was about 98 degrees for 22 hours out of the 24. After a 40-mile trip over land, the party came to the end of their journey. The prospector, whom they were seeking, told them the details of the discovery he had made and proceeded to take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Dental School Museum Acquires Largest Tooth in World--Discovered by Prospector in Alaskan Wilderness | 1/8/1929 | See Source »

Services commemorating the 17th anniversary of Capt. Roald Amundsen's discovery of the South Pole, and his last sacrifice in efforts to aid members of the Nobile expedition into the Arctic, were held last fortnight at the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. They were sponsored by the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Said Bishop William Thomas Manning: "Amundsen's achievements were the triumph of mind and soul over matter . . . signs and proofs of our kinship with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ecclesiastical Notes | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

Wilkins' flying across the Arctic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: American Association | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

Nobile's rescue in the Arctic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: American Association | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

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