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Author: Ernest Schofield Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0750955449 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 280
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In 1942 a Catalina crew of 210 Squadron, based at Sullom Voe in the Shetlands, was selected to carry out a series of highly secret operations, including a flight to the North Pole. The sorties were associated with a Norwegian expedition from Britain to Spitsbergen, to deny the use of the territory to the enemy. The flights made by the crew were frequently over twenty-four hours in length and reached the limits of human endurance, in conditions of extreme cold. Later, the squadron was detached to North Russia, to provide cover for the convoys taking vital supplies to the Allies on the Eastern Front. The navigator of the crew, Ernest Schofield, retained logs of most of these sorties. Together with other survivors of the crew, accounts from German sources and research carried out by Roy Conyers Nesbit, he recreated these little-known events, in detailed and accurate narrative that ends in tragedy.
Author: Ernest Schofield Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0750955449 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
In 1942 a Catalina crew of 210 Squadron, based at Sullom Voe in the Shetlands, was selected to carry out a series of highly secret operations, including a flight to the North Pole. The sorties were associated with a Norwegian expedition from Britain to Spitsbergen, to deny the use of the territory to the enemy. The flights made by the crew were frequently over twenty-four hours in length and reached the limits of human endurance, in conditions of extreme cold. Later, the squadron was detached to North Russia, to provide cover for the convoys taking vital supplies to the Allies on the Eastern Front. The navigator of the crew, Ernest Schofield, retained logs of most of these sorties. Together with other survivors of the crew, accounts from German sources and research carried out by Roy Conyers Nesbit, he recreated these little-known events, in detailed and accurate narrative that ends in tragedy.
Author: J. Buchau Publisher: ISBN: Category : Auroras Languages : en Pages : 68
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In response to Air Force needs for specifying and forecasting conditions of the Arctic ionosphere, AFCRL's Airborne Ionospheric Laboratory, a highly instrumented NKC 135 jet aircraft, was used in an extensive Arctic research program that started in 1967. To date, 69 flights were made and ionospheric and optical data covering major parts of the auroral oval, mainly the midday sector and the night sector, were collected. During the winter months of 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970 special emphasis was put on the investigation of the day sector. These flights covered a rather unique and poorly investigated area of the auroral oval, and a detailed report on the observations is given here. A thorough analysis of the data collected in the day sector reveals the existence of a band of continuous particle precipitation south of the location of the discrete aurora. This precipitation hardens towards the south and results in E- and D-region ionization. These observations compare very well with measurements of precipitating particles done by satellite. The investigation of the evening and night sectors showed similar but less organized trends than on the day side. During several flights the continuity of the auroral oval was verified. The investigation indicates that, with additional measurements, it may be possible to develop a model of the Arctic ionosphere. With control measurements from a few ideally located ground stations, the dynamics of the Arctic ionosphere might then be utilized for forecasting propagation conditions in the Arctic. (Author).
Author: James McCallum Publisher: ISBN: 9781904078265 Category : Birds Languages : en Pages : 0
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A collection of sketches, paintings and observations made in Finland, Norway, Siberia and Alaska. This book includes artwork and written accounts that were all made outdoors from life. It is a visual and written account of travels to experience the wildlife of northern and arctic regions in its many moods and atmospheres.
Author: John McCannon Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0195114361 Category : Arctic regions Languages : en Pages : 255
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McCannon also exposes the reality behind these exploits: chaotic blunders, bureaucratic competition, and the eventual rise of the GULAG as the dominant force in the North.
Author: Winton U. Solberg Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476679959 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 264
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In 1913, an expedition was sent to the Arctic, funded by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society and the University of Illinois. Its purpose was twofold: to discover whether an archipelago called Crocker Land--reportedly spotted by an earlier explorer in 1906--actually existed; and to engage in scientific research in the Arctic. When explorers discovered that Crocker Land did not exist, they instead pursued their research, made a number of important discoveries and documented the region's indigenous inhabitants and natural habitat. Their return to America was delayed by the difficulty of engaging a relief ship, and by the danger of German submarines in Arctic waters during the World War I.
Author: Garth Cameron Publisher: Fonthill Media ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 359
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By the time it was over, eight of the crew and nine rescuers were dead and scores more had been put in harm’s way. The disappearance and search for the airship Italia was headline news, all over the world, for months after its last radio message on 25 May 1928. It had reported being to the north-east of its base at Kings Bay, on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, returning from a long flight to Greenland and the North Pole. Ships, aircraft and men from many countries converged on Kings Bay to participate in the rescue effort. The Italian airship designer and pilot Umberto Nobile had flown to the North Pole and beyond in 1926. He resolved to return to the Arctic with a new airship in 1928. The expedition had geographical and scientific aims, but the political environment was also an important motivator. Benito Mussolini and his fascist party had come to power in 1922 and a successful expedition to the Arctic would be excellent propaganda.
Author: Heidi Hansson Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1527506916 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 362
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Less tangible than melting polar glaciers or the changing social conditions in northern societies, the modern Arctic represented in writings, visual images and films has to a large extent been neglected in scholarship and policy-making. However, the modern Arctic is a not only a natural environment dramatically impacted by human activities. It is also an incongruous amalgamation of exoticized indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. The chapters in this volume examine the modern Arctic from all these perspectives. They demonstrate to what extent the processes of modernization have changed the discursive signification of the Arctic. They also investigate the extent to which the traditions of heroic Arctic images – whether these traditions are affirmed, contested or repudiated – have continued to shape, influence and inform modern discourses. Sometimes the Arctic is seen as synonymous with modernity itself. Sometimes it appears as a utopian space signalling a different future. However, it still often represents the continued survival within modernity of the past as nostalgia, longing, dream and myth.
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