Polar Star (airplane)
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polar-star-airplane-214-3477842
title:
Polar Star (airplane)
text:
Polar Star is the airplane used by polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, an early adaptor of airplanes for polar exploration and worked closely with Robert Peary. Polar Star was an all-metal Northrop Gamma, which had a low-wing, reducing the effects of winds and wide skis that could be swapped with wheels or pontoons and a cruising range of 5,000 mi. Polar Star shipped to the Antarctic in 1934 on HMAS Wyatt Earp, based in Norway. Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins was the advisor and Norwegian-A
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Northrop 2B Gamma airplane
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Star_(airplane)
date created:
2018-03-30T15:25:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T17:14:49Z
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