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Robert Abram Bartlett (August 15, 1875 – April 28, 1946) was a Newfoundland -born American Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] Early life. Born in Brigus, Colony of Newfoundland, Bartlett was the oldest of ten children born to William James Bartlett and Mary J. Leamon, and heir to a family tradition of seafaring.
Dec 18, 2007 · Robert Abram Bartlett, Arctic mariner, explorer, ice captain, scientist (born 15 August 1875 in Brigus, NL; died 28 April 1946 in New York City, NY). During a career that spanned a half-century, Robert Abram Bartlett undertook more than 40 voyages into northern waters and became one of the most experienced ice captains to ever operate in the ...
Bob Bartlett, pre-1910. During the more than 50 years of his seafaring life, Captain Robert (Bob) Abram Bartlett skippered some of the most famous, dangerous, and controversial exploratory expeditions to the Arctic. From Robert Peary, The North Pole (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910) 25.
Empire of Ice and Stone by Buddy Levy is the true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition. The following excerpt introduces Captain Bob Bartlett, a legendary adventurer and one of the two men who would come to define the expedition.
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Robert Abram Bartlett. Captain Bob Bartlett, shipmate and comrade of both Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan, was a steadfast and reliable member of the Arctic expeditions for which he captained the Roosevelt under the command of Peary.
Captain Bob is most remembered for his work with Commodore Peary in Arctic exploration. Bartlett served as captain on the Roosevelt, Boethic, Karluk, and first served as Captain of the Effie M. Morrissey in 1925. Several of the expeditions that Bartlett took part in was in the service of the United States military.
