Dr. William Montgomery McGovern

Dr. William Montgomery McGovern
(September 28, 1897 – December 12, 1964)
Dr. William Montgomery McGovern was an American adventurer, Northwestern University professor, anthropologist and journalist. He is credited with being the first Westerner to enter the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and was possibly an inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones...

 

FARTHEST NORTH

Sigurd Scott-Hansen

(From a photograph taken in December, 1893)

 

Landing on Yalmal

(By Otto Sinding, from a Photograph)

 

A warm (?!) corner among the walruses, off East Taimur

(By Otto Sinding)

 

A chronometer observation with the theodolite

Johansen Scott-Hansen

(From a photograph)

 

 

Observing the eclipse of the sun. April 6, 1894

Johansen Nansen Scott-Hansen

(From a photograph)

 

 

Plate VIII.

Moonlight, 22nd November 1893. Pastel Sketch.

A vertical axis passes through the moon with a strongly-marked luminous patch where it intersects the horizon. A suggestion of a horizontal axis on each side of the moon; portions of the moon-ring with mock moons visible on either hand.

From the book “Farthest North”

Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

Author: Fridtjof Nansen

Contributor: Otto Sverdrup

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