EPISODE · Jun 11, 2024 · 49 MIN
Episode 258: The Adventures of Hubert Wilkins
from The Nonessential Podcast · host Ben Matlock and Steve Gibson
Hubert Wiliks was a man on a mission. Well, a few missions. But war metals and documenting birds couldn't compare with his plan to pilot a submarine under the north pole, using specially designed evil-villain drills and a giant reverse ice skate. Check out episode 258: The Adventures of Hubert Wilkins. Sources: https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/south_pole/EX20.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Wilkins https://archive.org/details/undernorthpolewi00wilk/page/n11/mode/2up https://library.osu.edu/site/nautilus/exhibition-overview/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2005/november/oceans-1931-first-nautilus-north-pole-expedition https://www.amphilsoc.org/exhibits/nautilus/history.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100221234746/http://library.osu.edu/sites/exhibits/nautilus/arcticdive.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081215020300/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742231,00.html
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