Byrd Antarctic Expeditions

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Byrd_Antarctic_Expeditions
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:baseEstablished gptkb:Little_America
gptkbp:documentedIn photographs
scientific journals
newsreels
books by Richard E. Byrd
gptkbp:fifthExpeditionEndYear 1957
gptkbp:fifthExpeditionStartYear 1955
gptkbp:firstExpeditionEndYear 1930
gptkbp:firstExpeditionStartYear 1928
gptkbp:fourthExpeditionEndYear 1947
gptkbp:fourthExpeditionStartYear 1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Byrd Antarctic Expeditions
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:U.S._Antarctic_Program
gptkb:International_Geophysical_Year
future Antarctic expeditions
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:notableAchievement first flight over the South Pole
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Bernt_Balchen
gptkb:Floyd_Bennett
gptkb:Harold_June
gptkb:Paul_Siple
gptkbp:numberOfExpeditions five
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:explorer
scientific research
gptkbp:resultedIn oceanographic research
scientific publications
meteorological data collection
biological studies
advances in polar aviation
establishment of permanent research bases
geological discoveries
mapping of Antarctic regions
gptkbp:secondExpeditionEndYear 1935
gptkbp:secondExpeditionStartYear 1933
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkb:United_States_Navy
private donors
gptkbp:thirdExpeditionEndYear 1941
gptkbp:thirdExpeditionStartYear 1939
gptkbp:usedDogSleds yes
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Ford_Trimotor
gptkb:Fokker_Trimotor
gptkbp:usedRadioCommunication yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Antarctic_Service
gptkb:U.S._Antarctic_Service
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Paul_Siple
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6