Byrd Antarctic expeditions

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Byrd_Antarctic_expeditions
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:baseEstablished gptkb:Little_America
gptkbp:fifthExpeditionEndYear 1956
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:ledTo gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:notableAchievement first flight over the South Pole
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Floyd_Bennett
gptkb:Harold_June
gptkb:Paul_Siple
gptkbp:numberOfExpeditions five
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:explorer
scientific research
mapping
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Highjump
gptkb:International_Geophysical_Year
gptkbp:resultedIn scientific research
mapping of Antarctic coastline
discovery of Marie Byrd Land
establishment of permanent bases
gptkbp:secondExpeditionEndYear 1935
gptkbp:secondExpeditionStartYear 1933
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:USS_Mount_Olympus
gptkb:City_of_New_York
USS Philippine Sea
Bear of Oakland
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkb:United_States_Navy
private donors
gptkbp:thirdExpeditionEndYear 1941
gptkbp:thirdExpeditionStartYear 1939
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Ford_Trimotor
gptkb:Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Bear
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7