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11Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition — The Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), also known as the Endurance Expedition, was the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition sought to achieve the first… …
12Denmark — /den mahrk/, n. a kingdom in N Europe, on the Jutland peninsula and adjacent islands. 5,268,775; 16,576 sq. mi. (42,930 sq. km). Cap.: Copenhagen. * * * Denmark Introduction Denmark Background: Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major… …
13Murmansk — /moor mahnsk /; Russ. /moohrdd meuhnsk/, n. an ice free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast. 432,000. * * * Seaport (pop., 1999 est.: 382,700), northwestern Russia. Situated on the eastern shore of Kola …
14Qinhuangdao — /chin hwahng dow /, n. Pinyin. a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai. 186,800. Also, Chinhuangtao, Chinwangtao. * * * ▪ China Wade Giles romanization Ch in huang tao seaport city lying on the northeastern coast of… …
15MV Caribou — The MV Caribou is a Marine Atlantic passenger/vehicle ferry which operates between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island in eastern Canada.MV Caribou is named after the woodland caribou which graces the coat of arms of Newfoundland… …
16Franklin's lost expedition — legend|blue|Disko Bay (5) to Beechey Island, in 1845.legend|purple|Around Cornwallis Island (1), in 1845.legend|red|Beechey Island down Peel Sound between Prince of Wales Island (2) and Somerset Island (3) and the Boothia Peninsula (4) to near… …
17Helder, Den — ▪ The Netherlands gemeente (municipality) and port, northwestern Netherlands, at the northern end of the North Holland Canal, opposite Texel Island on the Marsdiep, a channel linking the North Sea and Waddenzee. Offshore, in 1673, a Dutch… …
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