- MS 593/1-4;MSM Navigational charts of the Arctic Basin, 1926 [Showing calculations made and track plotted during Arctic flight 1928] 4 sheets, photocopies
- MS 433;BJ Journal, 1928 [Kept during flight] photocopy mounted on board
Wilkins, Arctic Flight
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- Dates of Creation1926-1927
- Name of Creator
- Physical DescriptionJournal and chart
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Wilkins teemed up with the Canadian Carl Ben Eielson to undertake flights across parts of the Arctic. From a base at Point Barrow Alaska they flew roughly 800km northwest landing on pack ice in 1926. In 1928 they flew across the Arctic Ocean to Spitsbergen.
Arrangement
Chronological.
Additional Information
MS 593/1-4;MSM and MS 433;BJ Originals presumed to be in library of American Geographical Society (1982)