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George Hubert Wilkins (Mount Bryan East, 31 ottobre 1888 – Flamingham, 1º dicembre 1958) è stato un esploratore australiano. Ebbe il merito di aprire un nuovo capitolo nella storia delle esplorazioni, portando con sé molti strumenti tecnici innovativi, proprio come aveva fatto prima di lui l'ammiraglio Richard Evelyn Byrd .
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.
Sir George Hubert Wilkins (born October 31, 1888, Mount Bryan East, South Australia, Australia—died December 1, 1958, Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.) was an Australian-born British explorer who advanced the use of the airplane and pioneered the use of the submarine for polar research.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Esploratore polare, nato a Mount Bryan East (Australia merid.) il 21 ottobre 1888, morto a Flamlingham (Massachusetts) il 1° dicembre 1958. Compiuti gli studî di ingegnere in Australia, prese parte alla Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-18) e alla British Imperial Antarctic Expedition (1920-21).
Australian explorer, geographer, and aviator Hubert Wilkins pioneered flight at both Poles. Having participated in Arctic expeditions, including a trans-Arctic flight for which he was knighted, Wilkins first visited Antarctica in 1920 on the British Graham Land Expedition led by John Lachlan Cope.
Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), war correspondent and photographer, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist and aviator, was born on 31 October 1888 at Mount Bryan East, South Australia, thirteenth child of Henry Wilkins, farmer, and his wife Louisa, née Smith.
Enciclopedia on line. Esploratore polare (Mount Bryan East, Australia Merid., 1888 - Framingham, Mass., 1958). Compiuti gli studî di ingegneria in Australia, prese parte alla Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-18) e alla British Imperial Antarctic Expedition (1920-21).
