Article: Dangerous Crossings: The First Modern Polar Expedition 1925.

DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: THE FIRST MODERN POLAR EXPEDITION 1925. By JOHN H. BRYANT and HAROLD N. CONES. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55750-187-4. 209 p., maps, b&w illus., afterword, appendices, notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$27.95.

Information about the authors on the inside cover makes it clear that they have an abiding and long-standing interest in radio communication in addition to a fascination with the history of aviation and polar exploration. It is little wonder that Donald B. MacMillan's 1925 expedition to the High Arctic attracted their attention: it was not only one of the first aviation-based Arctic explorations, but also ...

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