Outline sketch of appearance of land as seen from Wrangel Island, July 3, 1914

“Outline sketch of appearance of land as seen from Wrangel Island- July 3, 1914; Note (under date July 3) The small cloud of mist resembled that due to open water. The shaded portions on the southern half indicate the presence of what looked like unmelted snow remaining in gullies; the northern half showed no such […]

Outline sketch of appearance of land as seen from Wrangel Island, July 3, 1914

“Outline sketch of appearance of land as seen from Wrangel Island- July 3, 1914; Note (under date July 3) The small cloud of mist resembled that due to open water. The shaded portions on the southern half indicate the presence of what looked like unmelted snow remaining in gullies; the northern half showed no such […]

Outline sketch of appearance of land as seen from Wrangel Island, July 3, 1914

“Outline sketch of appearance of land as seen from Wrangel Island- July 3, 1914; Note (under date July 3) The small cloud of mist resembled that due to open water. The shaded portions on the southern half indicate the presence of what looked like unmelted snow remaining in gullies; the northern half showed no such […]

Stefansson stereographic projection, 1925

“Stefansson Stereographic projection, 1925. For twenty years Vilhjalmur Stefansson has advocated the popular use of the Polar Projection Map, emphasizing its significance for air travel of the future, since nine tenths of the world’s population and three fourths of all the land lie within the Northern Hemisphere. Map from The Adventure of Wrangel Island, by […]