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Interesting Facts About Sicily

The island of Sicily is divided from mainland Italy by the Strait of Messina, barely 2 miles (3 km) in width. Most of the island consists of hill country, where the land is planted to wheat or beans or left fallow. Sheep, much the most common species of animal in Mediterranean Italy, fit easily into this economy.   The Catania plain in eastern Sicily is overshadowed by the volcanic mass of Mt. Etna, more than 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) high. The plain is the island's largest lowland, but its satisfactory development has been thwarted by the erratic habits of its rivers. A mountainous belt in the north represents a continuation of the Apennines, with their diversity of rock types. Along the northern and eastern coasts there are a number of irrigated zones, particularly around the city of Palermo and around the base of Mt. Etna, where agriculture is highly intensive; tree crops, particularly oranges and lemons, are the specialty of these areas. The zone around Mars...
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The Life of Charles Wilkes, American Naval Officer and Explorer

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Charles Wilkes (1798–1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. Wilkes was born in New York City on April 3, 1798. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1818, did service during the next few years in Mediterranean and Pacific areas, and in 1832–1833 did survey work in Narragansett Bay, which led to his appointment in Washington, D.C., to head a depot of charts and instruments that eventually became the United States Naval Observatory. In 1838 Wilkes was put in command of an important expedition for scientific exploration that took him to several island groups of the South Pacific, Australia, the Antarctic coastal areas now known as Wilkes Land, the Hawaiian Islands, the northwest coast of the United States, and islands of Oceania, completing a voyage around the world before his return to New York in the summer of 1842. During the next 20 years his main occupation was the preparation of records of this expedition. He wrote a 5-volume Narrative of the United States Explori...
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The Life Story of Hubert Wilkins, Australian Polar Explorer and Aviator

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Hubert Wilkins (1888–1958) was an Australian polar explorer and aviator who made the first west-to-east Arctic aerial crossing. Born in Mount Bryan East, Australia, on Oct. 31, 1888, George Hubert Wilkins was educated in electrical engineering at the School of Mines and Industries in Adelaide, after which he took up photography and learned the fundamentals of flying. As a newsreel photographer, he covered (1912–1913) the Balkan War for British newspaper and motion-picture concerns. The American explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson selected Wilkins as official photographer for the Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913–1917), and his loyalty and devotion to the aims of the expedition resulted in his promotion to second in command. In September 1917, during World War I, Wilkins joined the Australian Flying Corps on the French front as a photographer. In 1919 he competed, unsuccessfully, for the London Daily Mail prize of $50,000 for a flight from England to Australia. Wilkins was second in co...
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