travels, even to the Antarctic' and told associates that it was his religion. On 16 March 1958, Wilkins appeared as a guest on the TV panel show What's My Line?Death and legacy Wilkins died in Framingham, Massachusetts, on 30 November 1958. The US Navy later took his ashes to the North Pole aboard the submarine USS Skate on 17 March 1959. The Navy confirmed on 27 March that, "In a solemn memorial ceremony conducted by Skate shortly after surfacing, the ashes of Sir Hubert Wilkins were scattered at the North Pole in accordance with his last wishes." The Wilkins Sound, Wilkins Coast, the Wilkins Runway aerodrome and the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica are named after him, as are the airport at Jamestown, South Australia, and Sir Hubert Wilkins Road at Adelaide Airport. The majority of Wilkins' papers and effects are archived at The Ohio State University Byrd Polar Research Center. A species of Australian skink, Lerista wilkinsi, is named after him, as is a species of rock wallaby, Petrogale wilkinsi, first described in 2014. Works 1917 1928 1928 1931 1942 with Harold M. Sherman: Thoughts Through Space, Creative Age Press. Republished as See also Thomas George Lanphier, Sr. References Further reading Voyage of the Nautilus, Documentary 2006, AS Videomaker/Real Pictures External links Australian War Memorial Entry for Sir George Hubert Wilkins Register of The Sir George Hubert Wilkins Papers Sir Hubert Wilkins biography from Flinders Ranges Research In Search of Sir Hubert Short bio on Sir Hubert Wilkins Searching for Sir Hubert Documentary Filmmaker site The 1931 Nautilus Expedition to the North Pole The Last Explorer: Simon Nasht Life&Times'' radio documentary, first broadcast by ABC Radio National, 29 August 2009 The Papers of George Hubert Wilkins at Dartmouth College Library 1888 births 1958 deaths Australian aviators Australian explorers Australian military personnel of World War I Australian ornithologists Australian photographers Australian Knights Bachelor Ohio State University faculty People from Hallett, South Australia Explorers of the Arctic Australian recipients of the Military Cross 20th-century Australian zoologists