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Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar war ein australischer Polarforscher, Fotograf, Kameramann, Pilot, Geograph und Reporter. Er absolvierte 1928 den ersten Motorflug in der Antarktis. Wilkins’ Interesse an der Polarforschung war breit gestreut. Seine Schwerpunkte lagen auf der Erforschung des Einflusses der Polargebiete auf das ...
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.
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. Apr. 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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Oktober 1888 in Netfield, Mount Bryan East bei Hallett, South Australia; † 30. November 1958 in Framingham, Massachusetts) war ein australischer Polarforscher, Fotograf, Kameramann, Pilot, Geograph und Reporter. Er absolvierte 1928 den ersten Motorflug in der Antarktis. Hubert Wilkins (1931)
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.
