Wilkins, Arctic Flight

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 George Wilkins/Arctic Flight
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1926-1927
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Journal and chart

Scope and Content

  • 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

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)