Charles Chipp News Today

Plenty of polar expeditions ended in disaster, but the USS Polaris is a strange one. Launched in 1871, it was the first mission to the North Pole to be

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles about the survivor of the DeLong Expedition who visited Cumberland.

In April 1887, a man arrived in Cumberland and checked into the Hotel Elberon at Baltimore and Mechanic streets. His name was Louis Noros. He came without fanfare, but a