tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post6093344073660964305..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: Baldwin: Hero or Villain?Russell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-26086155618165590282011-08-09T17:01:45.641-07:002011-08-09T17:01:45.641-07:00Thanks for the post I just found his headstone tod...Thanks for the post I just found his headstone today and went in search of info and found your blog post. Thanks for the information.Tammi Thielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046111693910969192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-68597937478876539922010-06-01T15:11:34.211-07:002010-06-01T15:11:34.211-07:00Rutger, many thanks for your post, and the links.
...Rutger, many thanks for your post, and the links.<br /><br />I hadn't realized that Baldwin had been on the Chautauqua lecture circuit, but it doesn't surprise me. Many other explorers, among them <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/chau1/jpg/goodsell/1/1.jpg" rel="nofollow">J.W. Goodsell</a>, <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/chau1/jpg/bartlett/2/1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Bob Bartlett</a>, Sir Hubert Wilkins, and many lesser Polar luminaries gave lectures on this circuit, which barnstormed from town to town erecting its tents. It's too bad there's nothing like this today, unless you count such things as iTunes University.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-63939002128358276822010-06-01T05:21:30.681-07:002010-06-01T05:21:30.681-07:00I first heard from E. W. Baldwin in a document of ...I first heard from E. W. Baldwin in a document of the AMNH (possibly one Annual report of 1894-1900, I don'tremember), where it was reported on his meteorological work with Peary. He is certainly one of the less known explorers, and possibly considered one of the less competent (maybe jointly with those of the "Crocker Land" expedition). I think he is neither a hero nor a villain, simply one of those many hard working explorers that had no luck in his expeditions, but that in any case contributed to our knowledge of the Arctic.<br /><br />Here a couple of links providing some additional information on this man:<br />http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2009/ms009317.pdf<br /><br />http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/chau1/pdf/baldwine/1/brochure.pdfRutgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138412167073652189noreply@blogger.com