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Arctic & Northern Explorations:
Biographies - "L, M, N"
Larsen, Henry
A search brings up four films about Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Henry Larsen by Canada's National Film Board. Larsen was commander of the RCMP schooner St. Roch.Levanevsky, Sigismund
Have researchers in Alaska found the plane in which "Russia's Lindbergh" disappeared in 1937?Levanevsky, Sigismund - 'Guba'
The history of a PBY Catalina used in the Arctic, including a search for missing Russian aviator Sigismund Levanevsky in 1937.MacMillan, Donald Baxter
A iography from the Columbia Encyclopedia.McVitie's Penguin Polar Relay
A comprehensive site describing the first all-women expedition to reach the North Pole, in 1997.Nansen, Fridtjof
An excellent article on one of Norway's most famous heroes, by Linn Ryne.Nansen & Greenland Dogs
A comprehensive report on these hardy sled dogs and their part in Eskimo culture, as seen by Fridtjof Nansen in 1897.Nobile, Umberto
This well-illustrated article by Barbara Rhodes explores the 1928 crash of Nobile's airship Italia, and the subsequent search for Roald Amundsen.Nobile, Umberto
The American Society of Polar Philatelists has posted 8 pages of envelopes, letters and other papers related to Nobile's 1928 crash.Nordenskiöld, A. E.
An excellent biography of this explorer, geologist and cartographer.To the Explorations Index
