1942 June 17 Convoy PQ-17 leaves Iceland for Murmansk – massive casualties from German onslaught during the trip. July 5 10 out of 27 ships reach Murmansk.
... marine biologist and explorer
Alexandra David-Néel, (1868-1969), French explorer, visited Lhasa, Tibet in 1924
Cavalier de la Salle[?], explorer
Hernando de Soto, ...