http://library.osu.edu/sites/exhibits/nautilus/Under the North Pole: The Voyage of the Nautilus is an exhibit at the Ohio State University Libraries website. It marked the 75th anniversary of the voyage of the American submarine Nautilus under the polar ice cap. The Nautilus set sail for the arctic on June 4, 1931. Unfortunately, it was beset with mechanical problems for the entire expedition; although it did manage to travel underneath arctic ice, proving that this could be done, it did not make it to the North Pole. At the end of the expedition, because of the amount of damage the submarine had undergone, it was deliberately sunk off the coast of Norway on November 30, 1931.
It is one of a number of exhibits which are featured at the website, which also include one of Richard Byrd’s 1929 flight over the South Pole (that exhibit was also done in commemoration of a 75th anniversary); all exhibits are from materials at the OSU archives, and some are specifically related to Ohio history.
The exhibit itself has a main page, and eight additional pages describing different phases and facets of the expedition, including: The Idea, the Purpose, the Crew, the Submarine, the Journey, the Arctic Dive, contemporary opinions of Wilkins titled “Hero or Fool”, and a concluding afterward. There are additional pages containing an overview of the exhibition, conditions for use of the materials, contact information for the exhibit curator, a bibliography of sources used in creating the exhibit, descriptions of the digital objects used, acknowledgements, and a search function.
The images in the virtual exhibit were taken from the Sir George Hubert Wilkins Papers, housed at the Ohio State University Archives (Wilkins was the guiding force behind the exhibition). It includes descriptive text and scanned images, including textual documents, photographs, posters, and digital photographs of artifacts. The images were chosen to highlight various aspects of the voyage.
The metadata is minimal. They include a brief description, and the location from the Wilkins Papers where the item came from.
The images were saved as low-resolution JPEGs. Thumbnails appear in each section of the exhibit. One may see a larger version of each by clicking on the image.
The intended audience is for people who have been browsing the web, and is intended to highlight the collection from which the items in the exhibit came. It is a useful method of drawing attention to the collection. The exhibit itself was not intended to be used a source for research, but does point the way to a number of sources that can be used.
It is one of a number of exhibits which are featured at the website, which also include one of Richard Byrd’s 1929 flight over the South Pole (that exhibit was also done in commemoration of a 75th anniversary); all exhibits are from materials at the OSU archives, and some are specifically related to Ohio history.
The exhibit itself has a main page, and eight additional pages describing different phases and facets of the expedition, including: The Idea, the Purpose, the Crew, the Submarine, the Journey, the Arctic Dive, contemporary opinions of Wilkins titled “Hero or Fool”, and a concluding afterward. There are additional pages containing an overview of the exhibition, conditions for use of the materials, contact information for the exhibit curator, a bibliography of sources used in creating the exhibit, descriptions of the digital objects used, acknowledgements, and a search function.
The images in the virtual exhibit were taken from the Sir George Hubert Wilkins Papers, housed at the Ohio State University Archives (Wilkins was the guiding force behind the exhibition). It includes descriptive text and scanned images, including textual documents, photographs, posters, and digital photographs of artifacts. The images were chosen to highlight various aspects of the voyage.
The metadata is minimal. They include a brief description, and the location from the Wilkins Papers where the item came from.
The images were saved as low-resolution JPEGs. Thumbnails appear in each section of the exhibit. One may see a larger version of each by clicking on the image.
The intended audience is for people who have been browsing the web, and is intended to highlight the collection from which the items in the exhibit came. It is a useful method of drawing attention to the collection. The exhibit itself was not intended to be used a source for research, but does point the way to a number of sources that can be used.
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