The force included the cruiser Diadem, three escort carriers, and eight destroyers and other vessels. The carriers embarked three Naval Air Squadrons and 846 Squadron in HMS Trumpeter contributed eight Avenger torpedo-bombers and four…
USS Bastian (CVE-37) (originally AVG-37 and then ACV-37) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier built by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, laid down on 25 August 1942 and launched 15 December 1942.
Gunnar Isachsen is particularly known for his topographical work on Otto Sverdrup’s 2nd Fram Expedition in northeast Canada 1898-1902, for his leadership of scientific expeditions to Svalbard 1906-10 and as director of the Norwegian…
She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W.
7 March 1928 is the natural date to recognise as the inauguration of the Norwegian Polar Institute. This, after all, was when a unanimous Norwegian Parliament established Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelser (Norway’s Svalbard and…