Word: heiberg
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...before he reached the Pole, Admiral Peary stood on a cape of Ellesmere Land, looked northwest, swore he could discern, about 120 miles off, the peaks and promontories of what has since been called Crocker Land. In 1914, Peary's old lieutenant, Explorer MacMillan, struck out from Axel Heiberg Land over the floes for 150 miles-and found nothing. On the way, however, and again back in camp, he had two glimpses of distant headlands. One of these visions faded away into spindrift as he watched. The other, seen on a cloudless day from approximately the spot from which...