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Flying to the North Pole in an Airship Was Easy. Returning Wouldn’t Be So Easy
It would take an international icon to toss aside a bitter rivalry to help a crew in need
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How One Quest for the Northwest Passage Ended at the Icy Mouth of Disappointment River
The Mackenzie River, as it’s know today, is North America’s second-largest river system–but it wasn’t what its namesake was looking for
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