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Byrd Arctic Flight Aids North Pole Victory At Spitzbergen
The modern Arctic house at Spitzbergen served as base for Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd during his record 1500 mile three pole circumnavigation flight in 15 hours 30 minutes. The expedition used celotex insulation and a radio equipped ship Chantier to relay news and weather warnings.
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Arctic
Richard EB. Byrd
North Pole
Spitzbergen
King’s Bay
Byrd
Pole
Luger Cane
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Chantier
South
United States Bureau of Standards
Mr.Humstead
National Geographic Society
Amundsen
G. W. Littlehales
Navy
Bolthia Land
Arette
Littlehales
U. S. Navy
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Admiral Peary
Greenland
MacMillan
Etah
Polar Sea
G. O. Noble
Fokker
Tromso
Norway
Spitsbergen
Peary
Peary Land Base
The
Vale
Peary Base
Peary Land
South Pole
Spitzpergen