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	Sir George Hubert Wilkins - Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program
		From early on, Sir Hubert Wilkins was interested in polar exploration, both by airplane and submarine, and the establishment of weather stations in the polar regions.
		From 1926-1928, Wilkins was commander of the Wilkins-Detroit Arctic Expeditions sponsored by the Detroit Aviation Society and the Detroit News.
		Wilkins was affiliated with organizations such as the Explorers Club, The Circumnavigators Club, and the Arctic Institute of North America.
	library.osu.edu /sites/archives/polar/wilkins/wilkins.htm (889 words)

	Sir George Hubert Wilkins - Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program
		From early on, Sir Hubert Wilkins was interested in polar exploration, both by airplane and submarine, and the establishment of weather stations in the polar regions.
		From 1921-1922, Wilkins was chief of the scientific staff and naturalist for the Sir Ernest Shackleton Quest Antarctic Expedition.
		From 1926-1928, Wilkins was commander of the Wilkins-Detroit Arctic Expeditions sponsored by the Detroit Aviation Society and the Detroit News.
	www.library.osu.edu /sites/archives/polar/wilkins/wilkins.htm (889 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: Hubert Wilkins
		Wilkins was presented with the Military Cross for his efforts to rescue wounded soldiers in the Third Battle of Ypres, where at Passchendaele allied forces suffered a quarter million casualties.
		Wilkins received the Patrons Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Morse Medal of the American Geographical Society and a knighthood from the King of England.
		Wilkins died of a heart attack at the age of 70, in 1958.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000106.htm (3072 words)

	Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist
		Wilkins had planned, if possible, to fly to the South Pole, but on Deception Island he was unable to find a runway long enough to get the Vega into the air with sufficient fuel to complete the distance.
		Wilkins was employed by the Quakers in 1922 to produce a promotional documentary on the relief work they were undertaking in war torn Russia.
		Wilkins concluded that their way of life was often far more advanced than our 'civilised' culture and came to believe that the Aboriginal people had telepathic abilities.
	www.sirhubert.com (2707 words)

	Captured in colour: George Hubert Wilkins 1888–1958
		Wilkins was born at Mount Bryan East, South Australia.
		He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bringing in wounded under fire, and received a bar to his MC for leading inexperienced American troops out of a deadly situation in September 1918.
		Wilkins settled in the United States, where he died in Massachusetts in 1958.
	www.awm.gov.au /captured/official/wilkins.asp (224 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir George Hubert Wilkins (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
		Sir George Hubert Wilkins, Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors
		A pioneer in the method of air exploration, he was the first to fly (1928) from North America to the European polar regions, traveling from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitsbergen; his Flying the Arctic (1928) described his observations during the flights.
		During World War II and afterward, Wilkins served as a geographer for the British army.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WilkinsGH.html (320 words)

	SIR HUBERT WILKINS
		The "Sir Hubert Wilkins" is a ice-strengthened (Ice class IA) former state launch of Finland.
		In October 2000 the "Sir Hubert Wilkins" arrived in Lyttelton for conversion to her new Antarctic role.
		On the 16th December, 2000 The "Sir Hubert Wilkins" departed Hobart bound for the South Magnetic Pole.
	www.newzeal.com /theme/antarctic/Wilkins/Wilkins.htm (775 words)

	A Roy Wilkins Memorial - Roy Wilkins gave exemplary service to Minnesota and to his country. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Roy Wilkins, a Minnesotan who gave exemplary service to Minnesota and to his country, grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he was a graduate of the University of Minnesota in 1923.
		Under the stewardship of Wilkins, this nation produced the most important civil rights gains of the Twentieth Century, including landmark victories like the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as well as successful court cases argued by the NAACP to the United States Supreme Court.
		Often referred to as the Father of Civil Rights, Wilkins was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967.
	www.tccom.com /wilkins/wilkins05.html (292 words)

	Hubert Wilkins Summary
		Wilkins was rewarded for his commitment to the expedition by being promoted to second in command beneath Stefansson.
		Wilkins was a native of Hallett, South Australia, the last of 13 children in a family of pioneer settlers and sheep farmers.
		Wilkins led the failed Nautilus expedition to the North Pole in the summer of 1931.
	www.bookrags.com /Hubert_Wilkins (921 words)

	Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist ...
		Returning to America after his pioneering flight in Antarctica, Wilkins was invited to be aboard the largest airship of the period, the Graf Zeppelin, as it attempted the first around the world flight.
		The Graf Zeppelin flew from Lakehurst, New York, across the Atlantic to Germany.
		Six years later Wilkins would be aboard the airship Hindenburg as it made its maiden voyage from Germany to America.
	www.sirhubert.com /1929-zepplinflight.htm (152 words)

	Wilkins, George Hubert - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		Wilkins was appointed a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Meteorological Society and was knighted in 1928.
		In April 1918 Wilkins was appointed official army photographer and in July was promoted captain and head of the No.3 (Photographic) Sub-section of the Australian War Records unit.
		From 1920 to 1922 George Wilkins was employed on expeditions to the Polar regions.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P002755b.htm (731 words)

	Het Laatste Continent - Geschiedenis van Antarctica - Hubert Wilkins ziet Antarctica als eerste vanuit de lucht
		Hubert Wilkins ziet Antarctica als eerste vanuit de lucht
		De eerste die Antarctica vanuit de lucht kon bewonderen, was de Australiër Hubert Wilkins.
		Meteen werd duidelijk hoe belangrijk vliegtuigen waren voor het in kaart brengen van Antarctica.
	www.hetlaatstecontinent.be /geschiedenis/expedities/wilkins.html (141 words)

	Sir George Hubert Wilkins — Infoplease.com
		Wilkins, Sir George Hubert, 1888–1958, British explorer, b.
		A pioneer in the method of air exploration, he was the first to fly (1928) from North America to the European polar regions, traveling from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitsbergen; his
		During World War II and afterward, Wilkins served as a geographer for the British army.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0852273.html (275 words)

	Wilkins, Sir George Hubert on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Valuable experience gained when he accompanied Vilhjalmur Stefansson's expedition (1913-18) to the Arctic and Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition (1921-22) to Antarctica prepared Wilkins to assume the leadership in the following years of a number of polar expeditions.
		Magazines and Newspapers for: Wilkins, Sir George Hubert
		Pictures and Maps for: Wilkins, Sir George Hubert
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WilkinsG1H1.asp (311 words)

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