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Word: doedmansoeira (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...flying Germans and an Irishman, a tiny plane droned its way across the unknown waste and terror of the Arctic. Impervious to disappointment, danger, tragedy, Capt. George Hubert Wilkins and Lieut. Carl Ben Eielson took off unannounced from Point Barrow, Alaska, came down for five dismal days on uninhabited Doedmansoeira (Dead Man's Island), arrived last week triumphant at the haven of Spitzbergen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Over the Top | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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