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First pilot to land at the South Pole in 1956
Lt Cmdr Conrad Shinn, pioneer of polar aviation, landed at the South Pole on Halloween 1956 aboard Que Sera Sera. The mission, part of Operation Deep Freeze, opened access for aerial supply and research, as Shinn later recounted the peril and ingenuity required to take off.
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South Pole
Cmdr
Conrad
Gus” Shinn
Roald Amundsen
Pole
Robert Falcon Scott
Shinn
Navy
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
North Carolina
South Pacific
Harry S. Truman
Antarctica
Soviet Union
Hill Goodspeed
National Naval Aviation Museum
Pensacola
Florida
Edmonton
Alberta
Little America
Ross Ice Shelf
Tropics
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Washington Navy Yard
Byrd
Secretary of the Navy
National Zoo
Anacostia River
Poles
McMurdo Sound
Beardmore Glacier
George J. Dufek
Geographica South Pole
Associated Press
Air Force
McMurdo
John P. Strider
Mount
Conrad Selwyn Shinn
Leaksville
City of
Eden
Charles Lindbergh
Wiley Post
North Carolina State College
Gloria Carter
David
Connie
Diane Shinn
U.S. Navy
Thire