EXPLORER DE TRANSEHE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300100032-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: December 30, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

T N POST DE.C 3 n 1960
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.Explorer
De Tr 4ns he
SUMMIT; N. J:.; Dec. 29 (AP)
Nu-holas Allex~
_74, an arctic explorer,
died 'Tuesday at Overlook 1lo,w-'
pital.
.Mr. de Transehe, a former'
commander in the Imperial
Russian Navy who came to
this country in 1923, main
tamed homes in New York'
City and Dresden,
He was a pioneer in the de-
velopment of 1iAVe , equipment`
and radio c liit>iLation. Iie
was with the American Geo-'
graphical Society from 1923 to'
1928 and established a special
branch on arctic exploration.
During that time, Mr. del
Transehe and explorer Bernt'
Balchen cl prted the course
for Adm. Richard E. Byrd's'
first transpolar flight.
During World War If, he'
served with the Aripiy in. Brook-
lyn and was in charge of con-
verting peacetime ships to war-
time duty. ho
seV,gvitki t11ep;entral I1~tclli
gence Agency as .ert on
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