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Byrd Antarctic Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
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