Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 1888 – 30 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist...
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including Ray Wilkins George Wilkins (Vermont politician) (1817–1902), Vermont attorney and politician Sir (George) Hubert Wilkins (1888–1958), Australian...
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commemorate the Australian polar explorer and ornithologist Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins. BirdLife International (2021). "Nesospiza wilkinsi". IUCN Red List...
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Jacksonville, Florida in 1926. In March 1927, Australian polar explorer George Hubert Wilkins and Eielson explored the drift ice north of Alaska. They touched...
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Suzanne Bennett (1893–1974) (also known as Lady Hubert Wilkins) was an Australian-born actress who achieved success on Broadway in the United States in...
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record-setting flights by, among others, Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post, and George Hubert Wilkins. In the 1930s, Lockheed spent $139,400 ($2.29 million) to develop...
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1958) to reach the North Pole. Her crew conducted a tribute to Sir George Hubert Wilkins and scattered his ashes over the North Pole. In 2010 the research...
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Vandenberg Jerry Vasconcells Chance M. Vought Dwane Wallace Fred Weick George Hubert Wilkins Alfred Worden Order of Daedalians "QB & OX5 Clubs". Flying Dutchman...
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factory demonstrator Vega was underway. Arctic explorer Captain George Hubert Wilkins had seen the Golden Eagle from his San Francisco hotel window during...
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Ray Wilkins Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888–1958), Australian polar explorer Gerald Wilkins, American basketball player in the NBA Gina Ferris Wilkins, American...
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Roy Chapman Andrews – the Gobi Desert expeditions Flag #7 – Sir George Hubert Wilkins – the first trans-Arctic flights Flag #32 – Capt. Robert A. "Bob"...
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ISBN 0-7748-0247-2 Jenness, Stuart Edward. The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916; McGill-Queen's Press...
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Among her 19 companion travellers were: Australian explorer Sir George Hubert Wilkins American multi-millionaire William B. Leeds Commander Charles Emery...
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Retrieved 2020-03-07. Stuart E. Jenness (2004). Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916. McGill-Queen's Press...
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December 29, 2013. Jenness, S. E. (2004). The Making Of An Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins And The Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916, McGill-Queens, p...
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following people received the award in the year specified: 1928: Sir George Hubert Wilkins 1945: Archer M. Huntington 1952: Gilbert Grosvenor 1966: Charles...
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Civilization Jenness, Stuart Edward. The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916. McGill-Queen's Press...
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The London Gazette (Supplement). January 16, 1959. p. 472. Sir George Hubert Wilkins Australian explorer Biographies - Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna "Obituary:...
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1928, and was attended by 70,000 people, including arctic explorer George Hubert Wilkins and aviator Carl Eielson. Pilots from Selfridge Field and members...
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2010. Jenness, Stuart Edward (2004). The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916. Montreal: McGill-Queens...
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The specific name, wilkinsi, is in honour of Australian explorer George Hubert Wilkins. The preferred natural habitats of L. wilkinsi are forest and savanna...
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April 27, 2009. Jenness, Stuart Edward. The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916. McGill-Queen's Press...
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prominent people. Chinner was born in Brighton, South Australia, son of George Williams Chinner (c. 1824 – 27 May 1880), and his second wife Mary Chinner...
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Adrian Boccard MC Intelligence Corps, Australian Imperial Force Lt. George Hubert Wilkins MC Australian Imperial Force New Zealand Forces Capt. Henry Delphus...
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2012-12-20. Retrieved 2014-07-08. Australian Aviation Hall of Fame, "Sir George Hubert Wilkins", Australian Aviation Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2014-07-08. Hsiao...
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40 km (25 mi) southeast of the actual coast. It is named after Sir Hubert Wilkins, a pioneer of Antarctic aviation and exploration. Construction of a...
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Explorers Club members such as Peter Freuchen, Lowell Thomas, and Sir George Hubert Wilkins.: [p.110] Novelist Fannie Hurst was also a regular, particularly...
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explorer Sir George Hubert Wilkins who died in November 1958 and who had been the first to try to reach the pole by submarine; Wilkins had flown over...
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Warnes Sir Samuel Way Lawrence Allen Wells Jochim Matthias Wendt Sir George Hubert Wilkins Sir Kenneth Wills Edmund William Wright Final plaque Napier and...
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Vanwell 2005 Winner Stuart E. Jenness The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916 McGill-Queen's University...
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