Byrd Antarctic Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:baseOfOperations	gptkb:Little_America
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:With_Byrd_at_the_South_Pole_(film) Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole (book by Richard E. Byrd)
gptkbp:endDate	1930
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Second_Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:goal	gptkb:explorer scientific research
gptkbp:hasMember	gptkb:Ashley_McKinley gptkb:Bernt_Balchen gptkb:Harold_June gptkb:Laurence_McKinley_Gould
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Byrd Antarctic Expedition
gptkbp:ledTo	gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:notableAchievement	first flight over the South Pole
gptkbp:notableEvent	establishment of Little America base first radio broadcasts from Antarctica first use of aircraft in Antarctic exploration first use of snowmobiles in Antarctica
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:British_Imperial_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:resultedIn	meteorological observations geological surveys photographic documentation biological studies mapping of Marie Byrd Land
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:National_Geographic_Society gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkbp:startDate	1928
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:Ford_Trimotor gptkb:Fokker_Universal
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Laurence_McKinley_Gould gptkb:Paul_A._Siple
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5