Article ID: CBB001794462

Tout le monde à bord pour le Klondike. Le merveilleux aéronautique et quelques projets de vols vers les gisements aurifères du nord canadien, 1897-1898 (2015)

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In 1897, gold seekers from all over the world rushed to the Klondike, in what was then the Yukon district of the Northwest Territories. Reaching this isolated region of Northern Canada was difficult, however. There were no roads or railroads and the Yukon River was frozen much of the year. As a result, some aeronauts in the United States and France suggested that balloons be used to transport supplies from Alaska to the gold fields. In addition, a number of North American inventors, including one from Canada, proposed that airship designs they had put on paper be constructed in order to set up air routes to the Klondike. Newspapers and magazines published many articles about these proposals. Not one balloon or airship, however, flew to the Klondike during the gold rush. Indeed, none of the airships mentioned at the time were actually completed. A French team made it to North America with its balloon but the attempt fizzled out.

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Authors & Contributors
Hines, Elizabeth
Aalto, K. R.
Curtis, Kent A
Davies, Peter
Dubey, R. K.
Hébert, Karen
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Environment and History
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Indian Journal of History of Science
Publishers
University of Washington Press
James Currey
Scribner
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Rochester Press
University Press of Colorado
Concepts
Mines and mining
Gold
Geology
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Airships; dirigibles
Earth sciences
People
Feijó, João da Silva
Pherū, Ṭhakkura
John William Mackay
Tyson, Philip T.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
Alaska (U.S.)
California (U.S.)
North Carolina (U.S.)
South Africa
Africa
Institutions
UNESCO
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