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David Irwin (Sarcoxie, 1910 - Scotrun, 18 June 1970) was an American explorer who made the news in 1934 following a dog sled trek to the magnetic North Pole, encompassing 2,000 miles. His account was published as Alone Across the Top of The World. Irwin later became a showman, presenting Eskimo culture at the 1939 New York World Fair and other public events. At times this involved bringing groups of Inuit to be present at the events to be viewed by spectators.
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- New York Times, Saturday, June 20, 1970 Obituary IRWIN, W. DAVID DAVID IRWIN, 60, ARCTIC EXPLORER Survivor of 2,000 - Mile Trip Made Alone in '35 Dies David Irwin
- Saturday Review - Volume 13 - Page 49 1935 Last summer American newspapers carried an amazing news story of a young American named David Irwin who had been brought into Fort Churchill, far up in Canada, out of his mind, and almost starved. ALONE — Where Even Eskimos Starve Irwin had left Alaska years before, undertaking single-handed to probe the disappearance of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, ...
- Lori Strelecki Pike County 2009 - 1439637563 DAVID IRWIN. In 1935, David Irwin was considered “the year's most thrilling true story.” He and three sled dogs made a trek across the top of the world to the magnetic North Pole, encompassing 3,600 miles. SETTLING DOWN. The threeyear trek saw Irwin faced with death.
- The New Yorker - Volume 15, Part 3; Volume 16 - Page 10 1939 The Board of Health, however, stuck to its riding that nobody could live on the Fair grounds, so the Eskimos' manager, David Irwin, fixed it up for them to live on Captain Mack's Wild Animal Farm, nine miles out of Paterson, New Jersey. Captain Mack trains ... Irwin you may remember as the young man who, in 1935, created something of a sensation in arctic- [ exploration circles by making a two-thousand-mile solo trek from Nome, Alaska, to Churchill, on Hudson Bay. As soon as he ...
- Screening Culture: Constructing Image and Identity - Page 100 0739105213 Heather Norris Nicholson - 2003 As an adventurer showman, David Irwin featured "Eskimo families" in his "Eskimo Villages" that toured to various fairs and other organized events. His footage included many scenes filmed in the Canadian Arctic in the mid-1930s. See, for example, David Irwin s Footage of Canadian Sportsmen s Show (c. 194 1 ), 38 1 ft., silent, black and white. Accession no. 93. 1 6.5; and Footage of Arctic and World Fairs ( 1 935-60), 2,000 ft., silent, black and white/color. Accession no. 93.16.6."
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