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Carl Ben Eielson clippings, 1926-1988
- Title
- Carl Ben Eielson clippings, 1926-1988
- Identifier
- P1387
- Date
- 1926-1992
- Description
- Data about a Norwegian-American born in Hatton, North Dakota, who rose to fame as aviator and Arctic explorer. In 1924 he piloted the first mail plane in Alaska in 1928 he served as pilot for the Hubert Wilkins Arctic Expedition from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitsbergen (now Svalbard), a distance of 2,200 miles, and also for the Wilkins Antarctic expedition. Both Eielson and Wilkins died in 1929 on a mercy mission in the Bering Straits, trying to rescue an icebound ship. This mission is the subject of Robert J. Gleason's book, Icebound in the Siberian Arctic. A mountain in Alaska and the Air Force Base at Fairbanks are named after Eielson. His boyhood home is a museum.
Includes:
Dorothy G. Page, "Polar Pilot: The Carl Ben Eielson Story" (1992) and "'Ben': The Life Story of Col. Carl Ben Eielson" (1930). - Location: 11/B/3
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Subject
- Eielson, Carl Ben, 1897-1929
- Type
- Clippings
- Manuscripts
- Access Rights
- This collection is open to research.
Collection
Citation
“Carl Ben Eielson clippings, 1926-1988,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11944.