Louise Arner Boyd
Louise Arner Boyd (September 16, 1887 – September 14, 1972) was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, who wrote extensively of her scientific expeditions. She became the first woman to fly over the North Pole in 1955, after privately chartering a DC-4 and crew that included aviation pioneers Thor Solberg and Paul Mlinar.During World War II, Boyd led a scientific expedition to obtain data on radio-wave transmission in the Arctic regions and worked on secret assignments for the U.S. Department of the Army. Provided by Wikipedia
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585by Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972; Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950; American Geographical Society of New YorkGet access
Published 1933
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586by Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972; Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950; American Geographical Society of New YorkGet access
Published 1927
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589by Canada. Hydrographic and Map ServiceContributors: “...Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972...”
Published 1941
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