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Arctic flyer joins Gustavus McLeod on his record-breaking journey to be the first person to reach the North Pole in an open-cockpit plane. Sponsored in part by National Geographic Society, McLeod flies a 1939 Boeing Stearman, a former crop duster, 3,500 miles to the geographic North Pole. Over twelv...

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Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	District of Columbia : National Geographic, 2001.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Aeronautics > Arctic regions > Flights. Biplanes > Arctic regions. Voyages en avion > Arctique. Biplans > Arctique. Aeronautics > Flights Biplanes Arctic Regions Documentaries and Factual Films Alexander Street Video. documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
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Summary:	Arctic flyer joins Gustavus McLeod on his record-breaking journey to be the first person to reach the North Pole in an open-cockpit plane. Sponsored in part by National Geographic Society, McLeod flies a 1939 Boeing Stearman, a former crop duster, 3,500 miles to the geographic North Pole. Over twelve grueling days, McLeod journeys northward from Maryland. He encounters mechanical problems and unusually frigid temperatures and suffers frostbitten fingers. This is more than just an adventure for McLeod, it is a personal odyssey for him.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed July 1, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (31 min.).
Playing Time:	00:31:44