Word: spitzbergen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Baldwin is an experienced explorer, having accompanied Commodore Peary in his North Greenland expedition in the year 1893-94. In 1897, he travelled to Spitzbergen to join Andree's balloon expedition, but arrived a few days late. A year later he went with the Wellmann expedition to Franz-Josef Land as second-in-command. He was the first leader selected to head the Ziegler polar expedition in 1901-02. Mr. Baldwin has written several books on the results of his explorations...
...expedition and will explain his ideas for the success of future polar research, which have never before been made public. Mr. Baldwin accompanied Commodore Peary in his dash for the North Pole in 1893. Five years later he went with the Wellman polar expedition. He also travelled to Spitzbergen in order to go with Andree in his balloon trip over the Arctic Sea, but the balloonist had started northward the day before his arrival. During one of these expeditions he built Fort McKinley...