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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