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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