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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History.

May 12, 1880 - May 26, 1951
If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration. — © Lincoln Ellsworth
If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.
Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do.
One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father.
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