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1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
1988 U.S. - Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1961 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1888 George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic 1879 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist 1862 James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies 1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian, Nobel 1922 1857 Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37 1856 Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1854 Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board 1853 Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard Advance 1844 Alophus Washington Greely, U.S., Arctic explorer 1832 Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold, Sweden, Arctic explorer 1820 Elisha Kent Kane, U.S. Arctic explorer, Kane Basin off NW Greenland 1790 William Parry, England, Arctic explorer 1786 John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic |
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