Beaver County News | 1919-01-17 | Page 6 | Medal Awarded Explored |

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Date	1919-01-17
Paper	Beaver County News
Language	eng
City	Milford
County	Beaver
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Article Title	Medal Awarded Explored
Type	article
Date	1919-01-17
Paper	Beaver County News
Language	eng
City	Milford
County	Beaver
Page	6
OCR Text	Show MEDAL AWARDED EXPLORER. Stefansson Rewarded for Work in the ' Polar Regions. Washington. Yilhjalmur Stefansson, the Norwegian Arctic explorer, was awarded the Hubbard gold medal by the National Geographical society for his achievements during the last five and a half years, in which he reduced the unknown polar regions of the western west-ern hemisphere by approximately 100,-000 100,-000 square miles. His was the largest contribution to the geography of hitherto hith-erto unknown areas for many years.
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