Sir hubert wilkins biography of alberta

Born at Mount Bryan East, South Australia, on October 31, 1888, Hubert Wilkins was the thirteenth child born to a South Australian sheep-farming family.

As a young student, Hubert studied engineering part-time at the School of Mines in Adelaide, however his passion was photography and cinematography.

Sir hubert wilkins biography of alberta

An official biography would list his career as war correspondent, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist, aviator, author, balloonist, war hero, reporter, secret agent, submariner and navigator. This was an extraordinary man.

In 1908 Wilkins stowed away on a ship from which he later abandoned in Algiers.

The next thing he knew, he found himself in a gang of criminals involved with gun-running, kidnapping, drug dealing and spying. At 24, Wilkins was hired by the Gaumont Film Company to join the Turkish side of the Turko-Bulgarian War of 1912 and shoot footage of the war.

In 1913, Wilkins became second in command of Vilhjalmur Stefans