Theories Far and Wide

Theories about the unexplored Polar areas that were based on incomplete data. Taken from actual newspaper reports from the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Hollow World

It Is A Hollow World, Pittsburg Dispatch, February 9, 1896 North Pole A Yawning Hole? New York World. March 1, 1896 How About the Pole? New York News. March 29, 1896 Is North Pole Moving Down Toward Chicago? Chicago Herald, August 8, 1897

What Will Be Found At The Pole

How About the Pole, NY News, March, 1896 Facts and speculation mixed to devise a portrait of the North Pole area. Life at the North Pole, NY Morning Journal,April, 1896 A description of the types of life one would expect to see on the LAND of the North Pole bolstered with observations. Quaint Arctic Legend, Brooklyn, April, 1896 Retelling of an Arctic Legend that supports the idea that there might be "lost tribes" in the Arctic. Arctic Anomalies, Pittsburg Dispatch, April, 1896 Evidence of a tropical climate in Greenland and the meaning of such evidence. Greenland and the Ice Age, Brooklyn, April, 1896 A synopsis of some of the scientific theories about the ice age and its causes based on evidence from Greenland. Tropical Greenland, Boston, January, 1897 Description of some of the finds (particular emphasis on flora) of an expedition by Smithsonian scientists. Wonders of the Antarctic, Pittsburg Post, May 2, 1899 Descriptions of some of the things one might encounter in the Antarctic.

Ways To Explore the Polar Regions

Thor On The North Pole, Brooklyn, March,1896 Examines whether building roads in the Arctic would be useful for increasing exploration. To The North Pole by Submarine Boat, NY New Herald, January, 1898 A description of why the new technology of submarines will make the Arctic accessible.

The Fate Of An Expedition (1907) These articles all deal with background on the Stefansson and Mikkelsen expedition (includes why they were looking for "lost tribes") as well as speculation about what they found and whether they had died or not.

Lost in the Arctics, Kansas City Star, September, 1907 Arctic Explorers' Fate, Manchester Guardian, September, 1907 Polar Explorers Lost? New York Tribune, September, 1907 Disaster to Arctic Explorers, Topeka Daily Capital, September, 1907 Polar Explorers Are Safe, Kansas City Star, September, 1907 Arctic Explorers Safe, New York Tribune, September, 1907. News from Stefansson, New York Times, September, 1907 Mikkelsen Party Safe, New York Times, September, 1907 The Mikkelsen Expedition, Manchester Guardian, September, 1907 Mikkelsen Party Is Safe-- May Report Finding A New Continent, Topeka Daily Capital, September, 1907