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Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:basisFor
gptkb:Little_America_II
gptkbp:documentedIn
gptkb:Discovery_(book_by_Byrd)
gptkb:Little_America_(book_by_Byrd)
film: Discovery (1935)
gptkbp:endDate
1935
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:notableEvent
Byrd's solo winter at Advance Base
gptkbp:notableFor
rescue of Byrd from Advance Base
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Harold_June
gptkb:Paul_Siple
gptkb:Thomas_Poulter
gptkb:Dr._Albert_P._Crary
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
56
gptkbp:purpose
gptkb:explorer
scientific research
gptkbp:resultedIn
scientific publications
mapping of Marie Byrd Land
improved weather forecasting
gptkbp:scientificDisciplines
biology
geology
meteorology
glaciology
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkb:U.S._Navy
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_the_Interior
gptkbp:startDate
1933
gptkbp:usedDogTeams
yes
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:Ford_Trimotor
gptkb:Fokker_Universal
gptkb:Curtiss-Wright_Condor
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkb:United_States_Antarctic_Service_Expedition_(1939–1941)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6