ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD
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​Dedicated to the legacy of ​the last of the great explorers
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           Admiral of the ends of the Earth
​News:
Shackleton's ship the Endurance 
found in 10,000 feet of water on the bottom of the Weddell Sea where it sank in 1915 after getting crushed by ice

​South Pole temperature today:  -80 F.     Wind chill:  -123 F.
​Elevation: 9301 feet (9000 feet of this is ice)  Season: Spring

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Introduction
Early Life
North Pole Flight 1926
Flight over the Atlantic 1927
1st Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1928-29/South Pole Flight
2nd Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1933-34/Wintered over alone
U.S. Antarctic Service 1939
Operation Highjump 1946
World War II
Operation Deep Freeze1955-56
Antarctic Treaty
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