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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site abstract "The Leffingwell Camp Site, on Flaxman Island, 58 miles (93 km) west of Barter Island on the Arctic Coast of Alaska, was used by polar explorer and geologist Ernest de Koven Leffingwell on his pioneering Anglo-American Polar Expedition of 1906–1908, which aimed to explore the Beaufort Sea. The expedition's ship, the Duchess of Bedford, was allowed to become locked in ice which eventually destroyed it.The camp site was chosen before the ship was locked in ice, and was not merely the nearest landfall. The site was used by Leffingwell over several years, beyond the end of that expedition.Leffingwell created the first accurate map of a section of Alaskan coastline. He was the first to scientifically describe permafrost and to pose theories about permafrost which have largely proven true. He accurately identified the oil potential of the area, including assessing that it was not, in his day, technologically or economically feasible to develop it.Following the destruction of the Duchess of Bedford, Leffingwell "returned to civilization in the fall of 1908, as the guest of Capt. George B. Leavitt." Leffingwell subsequently named Narwhal Island for the name of Capt. Leavitt's vessel, the steam New Bedford, Massachusetts-based whaler Narwhal, and bestowed the name of the Maine-born Captain, who married an Inuit woman and settled at Barrow, on Leavitt Island off the Alaska North Slope.The historic integrity of the camp was diminished in the 1930s when some structure was removed by a salvager.The camp was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site added "1971-06-21".
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geography_of_North_Slope_Borough,_Alaska.
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site wikiPageWikiLink Category:National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Alaska.
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site wikiPageWikiLink List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Alaska.
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site wikiPageWikiLink Maine.
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site wikiPageWikiLink New_Bedford,_Massachusetts.
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site wikiPageWikiLinkText "Leffingwell Camp Site".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site yearOfConstruction "1906".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site added "1971-06-21".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site built "1906".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site caption "Sod house at the Leffingwell Camp Site".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site designatedNrhpType "1978-06-02".
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site governingBody "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT".
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site latDegrees "70".
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site latMinutes "11".
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site location "Flaxman Island, 58 mi. W of Barter Island on Arctic coast of Alaska".
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site subject Category:Geography_of_North_Slope_Borough,_Alaska.
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site subject Category:National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Alaska.
- Leffingwell_Camp_Site subject Category:National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Alaska.
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- Leffingwell_Camp_Site comment "The Leffingwell Camp Site, on Flaxman Island, 58 miles (93 km) west of Barter Island on the Arctic Coast of Alaska, was used by polar explorer and geologist Ernest de Koven Leffingwell on his pioneering Anglo-American Polar Expedition of 1906–1908, which aimed to explore the Beaufort Sea.".
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