Hubert Wilkins was a native of Mount Bryan East, South Australia, the last of 13 children in a family of pioneer settlers and sheep farmers. He was born at Mount Bryan East, South Australia, 177 kilometres (110 … 查看更多內容

Preparations
In 1930 Wilkins and his wife, Suzanne, were vacationing with a wealthy friend and colleague 查看更多內容

Wilkins became a student of The Urantia Book and supporter of the Urantia movement after joining the '70' group in Chicago in 1942. After the book's publication in 1955, he 'carried the massive work on his long travels, even to the Antarctic' … 查看更多內容

• 1917 "Report on topographical and geographical work". Canadian Arctic Expedition. Ottawa: J. de Labroquerie Taché. 1917.
• 1928 Flying the Arctic. Grosset & Dunlap. 1928.
• 1928 Undiscovered Australia. Putnam. 1998. ISBN 查看更多內容

In 1917, Wilkins returned to his native Australia, joining the Australian Flying Corps in the rank of second lieutenant. Wilkins later transferred to the general list and in 1918 was … 查看更多內容

After the war, Wilkins served in 1921–22 as an ornithologist aboard the Quest on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the Southern Ocean and adjacent islands.
Wilkins in 1923 … 查看更多內容

Wilkins died in Framingham, Massachusetts, on 30 November 1958. The US Navy later took his ashes to the North Pole aboard the submarine USS Skate on 17 March 1959. The Navy confirmed on 27 March that, "In a solemn memorial … 查看更多內容