Sleep Story 199 – Secrets of Polar Travel
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Norwegian and Scotch Whalers
Norwegians and American whalers were carried on among floes and broken ice drifting in open seas through which they had led their way. The victory used by john ross in 18 29, was fitted with auxiliary steam power and was the first attempt to utilize such motive power for ice work. With the building of the roosevelt came a complete reversal of former practice in ships for the arctic and antarctic regions. She was the first pola ship built that was, first of all, a powerful steamer.
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