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Tag Archives: North Pole
Before 1908, other than Santa Claus, no human being had reached the North Pole, although many had tried and failed. Some had unfortunately died for their efforts. In the year 1908, two serious contenders were preparing for victory over nature. One was a respected medical Doctor and explorer with very little financial support and no friends Continue Reading »
December 15, 2018, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: 1907 Christmas, 1908, Admiral Robert E. Peary, Amazon.com, American Adventure Library, Andre Stojka, AppleBooks, Audible.com, audiobook, Barnes and Noble, Belgica, Christmas, Discovery of North Pole, Eskimo, Explorers, GooglePlay.com, Greenland, I-Tunes.com, Inuit, Listen to Read, National Geographic Society, New York Times, North Pole, Santa Claus, Scribed.com, Tune-in.com, USS Theodore Roosevelt, “My Attainment of the Pole”
A little over a year ago, I described how global warming had melted the northernmost iceflows, opening up the Northwest Passage. I reported that Russian cargo ships were about to take a new sea route, located 500 miles north of the Arctic circle and less than 1200 miles from the North Pole. How Continue Reading »
June 24, 2016, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Anchorage Alaska, Andre Stojka. Cruise ship, Arctic Circle, Atlantic Ocean, audiobook, Chrystal Serenity, Dr. Frederic Albert Cook, Evacuation Insurance, global warming, HMS Investigator, Listen to Read, Listen2Read, New York City, North Pole, Northwest Passage, Outdoor Magazine, Pacific Ocean, Roald Amundsen, Robert McClure, Sir John Franklin, “My Attainment of the North Pole”
Here’s a thought to keep an environmentalist awake at night: About 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas are likely to be north of the Arctic Circle, close to the North Pole, where Santa lives. Eighty-Four percent of this is expected to require offshore drilling. And if Continue Reading »
February 6, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Admiral Robert Peary, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, Ahwelah, Alakuretti, Andre Stojka, Arctic Circle, Arctic Sea, audiobooks, Beluga Fraternity, Canada, Denmark, Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, environmentalist, Etukishook, Greenland, Listen2Read, LNG carriers, Margaret Williams, Mitsui OSK, North Pole, Northeast Passage, Norway, offshore drilling, Polar Bear, Rotterdam, Russia, Sierra Club, Ulsan North Korea, undiscovered natural gas, undiscovered oil, United Nations, United States of America, Wall Street Journal, westward ocean movement, World Wildlife Federation, “May Attainment of the North Pole”
Current Polar Explorers Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters will have to average 13 miles a day through difficult terrain on their journey to the North Pole to reach a safe point before they run out of food and water. Amazingly, after all these years, since the Pole was first reached by explorer and physician Frederick Continue Reading »
April 26, 2014, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Admiral Robert Peary, Andre Stojka, audiobook, Eric Larsen, first man to reach the North Pole, Frederick Albert Cook, Listen2Read, North Pole, Ryan Waters, “My Attainment of the North Pole”, “My Attainment of the Pole”
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