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Polar expeditions push modern travel to ice bound poles
A wave of polar journeys this year aims to use motor sledges and other inventions to reach the north and south poles. Peary plans a July ship departure from New York aboard the Roosevelt with Eskimos and dogs, while Shackleton tests an automobile for hauling provisions on King Edward's land. Amundsen, Charcot, and others explore novel transport, including motor driven sledges and polar bears in training, as they anticipate breakthrough routes and new knowledge of Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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South Polar
Wellman
Peary
Pole
Lieut. Shackleton
Royal Navy
Great Britain
Antarctic
Amundsen
Jean Charcot
Alps
South Pole
Dr. Charcot
Hautes Alpes
Dauphiny
Lieut. Barnes
Capt
Benard
Fiest
Dunkirk
France
Jacques Cartier
North Pole
Marseilles
M. Charles Roux
Shackleton
King Edward's
America
Explorer
Roosevelt
New York
Sydney
C. B
Straits of Belle Isle
Davis Straits
BaMtn Bay
Smith Sound
Whale Sound
Grant Land
Cape Columbia
Point Moss