BRITISH TEAM CROSSES ARCTIC OCEAN.—Members of the British team who have completed the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean. At top are Mr W.W. Herbert (left), leader of the expedition, and Dr R. Koerner. At bottom are Mr A. Gill (left) and Major K. Hedges. The men scrambled ashore on a rocky islet north of Spitsbergen, Norway, after a trip which took 464 days and covered 3620 miles. They left Point Barrow, Alaska, in February, 1968.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32007, 6 June 1969, Page 9
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77BRITISH TEAM CROSSES ARCTIC OCEAN.—Members of the British team who have completed the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean. At top are Mr W.W. Herbert (left), leader of the expedition, and Dr R. Koerner. At bottom are Mr A. Gill (left) and Major K. Hedges. The men scrambled ashore on a rocky islet north of Spitsbergen, Norway, after a trip which took 464 days and covered 3620 miles. They left Point Barrow, Alaska, in February, 1968. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32007, 6 June 1969, Page 9
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