Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:05:55 -0700
To: Michael Dworetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Slawomir K. Grzechnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: location of north pole
Hi Michael
Thanks for references. National Geographic is easily available. I do not
know about availability of The Daily Telegraph
At 02:19 PM 9/16/96 METDST, you wrote:
Dear sundial subscriber,
Someone suggested earlier on this list that a sundial on the
southpole would have some interesting features.
This made me think of a question that I have had for a
long time and up to now, I did not find anyone that had
a sufficient
This is a very lucid reply from Slawomir, but I think it contains one
error. Although Peary is credited with reaching the north pole, if memory
serves me correct (and I admit it frequently does not these days!),
recent research on Peary's diary shows that he did NOT reach the pole.
Worse
At 12:23 PM 9/17/96 GMT, you wrote:
This is a very lucid reply from Slawomir, but I think it contains one
error. Although Peary is credited with reaching the north pole, if memory
serves me correct (and I admit it frequently does not these days!),
recent research on Peary's diary shows that he
On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Slawomir K. Grzechnik wrote:
At 12:23 PM 9/17/96 GMT, you wrote:
This is a very lucid reply from Slawomir, but I think it contains one
error. Although Peary is credited with reaching the north pole, if memory
serves me correct (and I admit it frequently does not these
On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Michael Dworetsky wrote:
There is also an article about Peary in the London Times for 15 Nov
1988. I believe there was also something about the results of the
investigation of Peary's claims in the National Geographic shortly after
this--but I would have to check
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Someone suggested earlier on this list that a sundial on the
southpole would have some interesting features.
This made me think of a question that I have had for a
long time and up to now, I did not find anyone that had
a sufficient answer:
How and with what accuracy did the
