Picture No | 10217850 |
Date | 1930 |
Description | Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd, in the Antarctic, c.1929. |
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Photograph of Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957) setting out on skis from his polar exploration ship 'City of New York', c.1929. Admiral Byrd made a number of expeditions to the Polar regions and was the first person to fly over both the North and South Poles.
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Source | Illustrated London News. 1930. page 154. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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