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Framingham, Massachusetts. Known for. Polar explorer. Spouse. Suzanne Bennett. Awards. Knight Bachelor. Military Cross & Bar. Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 1888 – 30 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.
- Polar explorer
- Suzanne Bennett
- 31 October 1888, Mount Bryan East, South Australia
George Hubert Wilkins MC & Barra (31 de outubro de 1888 – 30 de novembro de 1958) foi um explorador polar, ornitólogo, piloto, soldado, geógrafo e fotografo australiano. [1] Obras. 1928 Flying the Arctic, Grosset & Dunlap; 1928 Undiscovered Australia, Putnam; 1931 Under The North Pole, Brewer, Warren & Putnam
- Austrália
Hubert Wilkins was a noted Australian explorer, geographer, and aviator who pioneered flight at both Poles. He participated in several Antarctic expeditions, including the first aerial exploration of Antarctica, and reasserted Australian sovereignty over claimed land.
In a life filled with extraordinary adventures, George ‘Hubert’ Wilkins is particularly noted for ‘firsts’, including flights across the Arctic and in Antarctica, and taking a submarine beneath the frozen Arctic Ocean. He was also a war correspondent, cinematographer, naturalist, geographer and pioneering climatologist.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Sir George Hubert Wilkins was an Australian-born British explorer who advanced the use of the airplane and pioneered the use of the submarine for polar research. He, along with American aviator Carl Ben Eielson, are noted for having made the first transpolar flight across the Arctic by airplane as.
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Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), war correspondent and photographer, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist and aviator, was born on 31 October 1888 at Mount Bryan East, South Australia, thirteenth child of Henry Wilkins, farmer, and his wife Louisa, née Smith.
In the mid-1920s, the well-known South Australian war photographer, traveller and adventurer George Hubert Wilkins conceived the idea that it would be possible to fly a plane from the far northern reaches of Alaska across the top of the world and land in Norway.
