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Polar Expeditions and the Howgate Colony Plan
The article surveys polar exploration, noting multiple nations preparing expeditions under Captain Nares, Nor den skjo ld, and others, and discusses the Howgate colony plan as a method to advance geographical and scientific discovery. It highlights aims like meteorology, magnetism, tides, winds, and natural history collections, plus the role of the National Academy of Sciences and telephonic lines and observation balloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nares
Greenland
Sweden
Behring’s Strait
Uodel
Nordenskjold
Holland
Germany
Arctic Exploring Society
Ohio
Wiggins
Russia
Helsingfors
Vogels
Nstyacs
Obi
Irtysh
Arctic
Loomis
Yale College
Henry
The
Smithsonian
Hayes
Hall
Ouse Committee On Naval Affairs
Lady Franklin Bay
National Academy of Sciences
Far North
Scientific American