In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth flew over this continent & claimed parts of it for the U.S.
... Ice also extends over vast areas of the sea in the form of permanent floating ice 
.... of Lincoln Ellsworth, an American, who flew across the continent in 1935; the... [DOC] [TLE] The Iciest Regions On Earth - JCS Group, Inc. [PAR] It also contains large portions of northern Canada and smaller parts of Alaska, 
Russia, Norway, and Iceland.