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== Early Years == | |||
=== Chilhood === | === Chilhood === | ||
=== Education === | === Education === | ||
=== Military Service === | === Military Service === | ||
==== Mountaineering ==== | ==== Mountaineering ==== | ||
[[File:Young Howland at RAMA.png|thumb|2nd Lieutenant John Howland, Royal Arcerion Infantry Corps, c. 1883. ]] | |||
[[File:Howland Border Wars.jpg|thumb|Captain John Howland whilst in the field with the Arcerion Easthampton Borderers, during his tenure as OC 'B' Company, 1st Battalion in the 1888 Washakaran contingent. ]] | |||
==== Service in the Border Wars ==== | ==== Service in the Border Wars ==== | ||
== Arctic Expeditions == | == Arctic Expeditions == | ||
=== Arctic Expedition of 1891 === | === Arctic Expedition of 1891 === | ||
=== Arctic Expedition of 1893 === | === Arctic Expedition of 1893 === | ||
=== Arctic Expedition of 1899 === | === Arctic Expedition of 1899 === | ||
=== Howland's Expedition === | === Howland's Expedition === | ||
[[File:John Howland.jpg|thumb|John Howland prior to going ashore for the first journey to the North Pole made by a non-indigenous person. ]] | |||
==== First Man to Reach the North Pole ==== | ==== First Man to Reach the North Pole ==== | ||
=== Howland-Rickett Expedition === | === Howland-Rickett Expedition === | ||
=== Expedition of 1911 === | === Expedition of 1911 === | ||
=== Expedition of 1914 === | === Expedition of 1914 === | ||
== Post-Expeditionary Life == | == Post-Expeditionary Life == | ||
[[File:Howland post expedition.png|thumb|John Howland as Chairman of the Arco Transpolar Investigatory Committee, c.1920. ]] | |||
=== Arco Transpolar Investigatory Committee === | === Arco Transpolar Investigatory Committee === | ||
=== Personal Life & Family === | === Personal Life & Family === | ||
=== Death and Legacy === | |||
[[category:Arcerion]] | |||
[[Category:Arcer History]] | |||