biography
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Bartlett, Robert (Abram)
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| lived:
| (1875–1946)
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| Explorer, born in Brigus, Newfoundland, Canada. He began his Arctic explorations in 1897 and twice captained Robert E Peary's ship Roosevelt (1905–6, 1908–9). He became a US citizen (1911) and a lieutenant commander in the US naval reserves (1920). He commanded the Karluk on Stefansson's expedition (1913–14) and when it was frozen and crushed in the Arctic ice, he walked across the ice to Siberia and returned with rescuers for 13 other members of the expedition. He headed expeditions to various Arctic locations (1925–41), and was especially noted for his scientific work on Greenland. During World War 2 he searched for sites for Allied naval bases in the Arctic. |
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