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  2. Darien scheme - Wikipedia

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    The Darien scheme was an unsuccessful attempt, backed largely by investors of the Kingdom of Scotland, to gain wealth and influence by establishing New Caledonia, a colony in the Darién Gap on the Isthmus of Panama, in the late 1690s. The plan was for the colony, located on the Gulf of Darién, to establish and manage an overland route to ...

  3. Expediting - Wikipedia

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    Expediting. Expediting is a concept in purchasing and project management for securing the quality and timely delivery of goods and components. [ 1] The procurement department or an external expeditor controls the progress of manufacturing at the supplier concerning quality, packing, conformity with standards and set timelines.

  4. 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible - Wikipedia

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    The documentary is about Project Possible, a plan by Nepali high altitude climber Nirmal Purja to climb all of the world's 14 highest peaks with an altitude greater than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) (called eight-thousanders) inside 7 months (i.e. from early spring to late summer, before the winter season begins).

  5. Operation Highjump - Wikipedia

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    Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68 ), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. [ 1][ 2] The operation was organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN, Officer in Charge, Task Force ...

  6. Robert Ballard - Wikipedia

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    Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology ( maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks) and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of ...

  7. Operation Deep Freeze - Wikipedia

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    Operation Deep Freeze ( OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There was an initial operation before Admiral Richard Byrd proposed 'Deep Freeze').

  8. Hernando de Soto - Wikipedia

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    Hernando de Soto was born around 1497 in Extremadura, Spain, to parents who were both hidalgos, nobility of modest means. The region was poor and many people struggled to survive; young people looked for ways to seek their fortune elsewhere. He was born in the current province of Badajoz. [ 1] Three towns— Badajoz, Barcarrota and Jerez de los ...

  9. Mars One - Wikipedia

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    Mars One was a small private Dutch organization that received money from investors by claiming it would use it to land the first humans on Mars and leave them there to establish a permanent human colony. [ 1][ 2][ 3] From its announcement in 2012 to its bankruptcy in early 2019, it is estimated to have received tens of millions of dollars. [ 4]

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