Chester County’s Arctic Explorers

Samuel Entrikin

Ah, The Romance of Travel and Adventure

The Appeal of Arctic exploration

Samuel Entrikin, who journeyed in the Kite and saved the trunk, is shown here dressed for Arctic exploration.   How did this 30-year old printer from West Chester end up on an Arctic exploration with Admiral Peary in 1892? 

 

Entrikin had always liked to explore, having trekked and later written about his treks into the mountainous regions of South Carolina.

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Submitted by beth on November 12th, 2010 — 01:44pm

On the Map

  1. Elisha Kent Kane’s furthest north, June 26, 1854
  2. Isaac Israel Hayes’s claim to furthest north on land, May 15, 1861
  3. August 17, 1869, Isaac Israel Hayes reached 75th latitude with William Bradford on board the Panther
  4. Robert Peary Relief Expedition, Summer 1892.
  5. Approximate location of Samuel Entrikin’s northern point with Peary, spring 1893
  6. Anoritok, Greenland, where Harry Whitney stashed the records and instruments of Frederick Cook in September 1909
  7. Mt. Saint Elias, Alaska, Samuel Entrikin attempts to reach in 1897

See the Exhibit

October 8, 2010 — October 15, 2011

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