Index of Matthew Henson resources on this site
The North Pole locator
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Exploration map
-shows all the expeditions (restored from the 1947 Dark Companion) -
North Pole Locator - globe of earth showing the view from orbit
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Arctic Ocean floor map - a section showing the ridge near the Pole
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Arctic depth map
- shows how the Herbert theory is wrong -
1909 supply teams - logistics map
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T he North Pole is somewhere in the vicinity of where the white line points. I thought you would enjoy seeing that the Pole is not on land, but over a deep ocean trench. The Ice breaks up relentlessly from tidal forces caused by the ocean currents, the Sun and the Moon's gravity. This is what makes Polar expeditions so dangerous and extremely difficult.
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