Little America: Aerial Exploration In the Antarctic: The Flight To the South Pole
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Artifact Overview
From August 1928 to June 1930, Richard Byrd led an expedition to the Antarctic with 83 men, four ships, and three airplanes. On November 28-29, 1929, Byrd and three crewmates made the first flight over the South Pole. Byrd recounted the expedition's story in his 1930 book Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic: The Flight to the South Pole.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Book
Date Made
1930
Place of Creation
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.28.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Printing (Process)
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 in
Width: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
written in ink on first printed page inside front cover:
R E BYRD
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Set
Polar Exploration
- 18 Artifacts
In the first four decades of the 20th century, polar explorers set off to discover what lay in the vast cold regions surrounding the North and South Poles. Their expeditions navigated a long-sought-for passage, crossed frozen oceans, charted a continent, and conquered the Earth's poles.