Richard Byrd is best known as being the first person to fly over both the North and South Poles. Controversy is raised about whether his 1926 flight actually made it to the North Pole or came up short. He made five trips to Antarctica.
Web sites
- Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program
- Explorers of the Millennium
- Ohio State University Archives
- South-Pole.com
Catalog
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Databases
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