ocr: WDilkins, Sir George Hubert - - D 2 pages Wilkins, Sir George Hubert George Hubert Wilkins, b. Oct. 31, 1888, d. Dec. 1, 1958, was an Australian explorer and aviator who pioneered the use of the airplane and submarine for polar exploration. His earlest expeditions took him to the Arctic with Vilhjalmur Stefansson 1913-16) and the ANTARCTIC with Sir Ernest Shackleton (1920-22). In April 1928 W1lkiNS and Carl B. Eilson made the first trans-Arctic airplane flight over unknown territory; Wilkins was knighted for this feat. Later in 1928 Wilkins and Ellson flew over the Antarctic, and in 1931 Wilki ...
