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Theories Far & 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.
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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.
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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.
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The Fate Of An Expedition (1907)
The following 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. |
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