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... Byrd , Richard ( 1888-1957 ) The American naval officer and pioneer aviator Richard Eve- lyn Byrd is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the most controversial figures in polar exploration . He is contro- versial because there ...
... Byrd , Richard ( 1888-1957 ) The American naval officer and pioneer aviator Richard Eve- lyn Byrd is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the most controversial figures in polar exploration . He is contro- versial because there ...
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... Byrd , who fashioned a raft out of the ship's boats on which Josephine Ford was floated to the shore in a risky maneuver through drifting ice . As the plane was finally hauled safely ashore , Amundsen's men lined up to applaud ...
... Byrd , who fashioned a raft out of the ship's boats on which Josephine Ford was floated to the shore in a risky maneuver through drifting ice . As the plane was finally hauled safely ashore , Amundsen's men lined up to applaud ...
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... Byrd sailed north in Bear . For the remainder of the expedition , he directed operations from the United States . A detailed account of activities on this expedition is given under Paul Siple for West Base and Richard Black for East ...
... Byrd sailed north in Bear . For the remainder of the expedition , he directed operations from the United States . A detailed account of activities on this expedition is given under Paul Siple for West Base and Richard Black for East ...
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Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes] William James Mills Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2003 |
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Amundsen Antarctic expedition Antarctic Exploration Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Ocean attempt August Baffin Island Barents Barrow Beechey Bellingshausen Bering Strait Bernier Biscoe Borchgrevink Bouvet Bouvet Island British Bylot Byrd Cabot Cape Captain Charcot claim Cook crew Davis days later Deception Island discovered discovery dogs East Greenland Edward Ellesmere Island Ellsworth Enderby established expedition's farther north February flight Franklin Franz Josef Land Frobisher further reading Geographical George Gerlache Greenland Ice Shelf Inuit James Clark January John journey King Larsen Located London meters miles mountains named Nansen navigator Nordenskjöld North Pole Northeast northern Northwest Passage Norway Norwegian Parry party Peary polar exploration reached References and further region River Roald Russian sailed scientific Scott sealer seals Shackleton ship sledging Sound South Pole South Shetland Islands southern Spitsbergen station survey Svalbard tion vessel Victoria Land visited voyage Weddell Sea west coast whaling William winter Zemlya