Interview of Robert H. T. Dodson by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: Dodson, Robert H. T.
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
• Subjects: Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Dodson; Robert H. T. > Interviews; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-1948); Adie; Antarctic; Bates; Byrd; Darlington; Edith; Elliott; Finn; Fuchs; Hassage; Jenny; Lassiter; Latady; Rubin; Shackleton; Stefansson; Stonehouse; The Antarctic; Watkins; Antarc*; Antarctica; North West Passage
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6066

Admiral Richard E. Byrd, pp. 1-2, 14-15 Roald Amundsen, pp. 2 Robert Bates, pp. 2, 20 Finn Ronne, pp. 2-13, 16, 18-20, 26-27, 30-33, 36-37, 44, 51, 53, 57 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, pp. 4 Trevor Lloyd, pp. 4 Edith "Jackie" Ronne, pp. 4-5, 10-12, 27, 50 Kirk Bryan, pp. 5 Bob Nichols, pp. 5, 7-8, 13, 27, 47, 51, 53, 57 William R. Latady, pp. 5, 7-8, 18, 32, 38, 53 Norman Vaughan, pp. 7 Captain Lassiter, pp. 8-10 First Lieutenant Adams, pp. 8-10 Harry Darlington, pp. 9-10, 13, 18 General LeMay, pp. 9 Jenny Darlington, pp. 11-12, 34, 51, 55 Kevin Walton, pp. 13-14, 25, 30-31, 55 Sir Ernest Shackleton, pp. 14 Pete Peterson, pp. 14-15, 28, 32-39, 41, 43, 50-51 Art(hur) Owen, pp. 17-18, 23, 43, 48-49, 51 Georges di Giorgio, pp. 18-19, 50 _____McLean, pp. 19, 27, 50-53 Colonel Lewis, pp. 20 Larry Fiske, pp. 24, 41 Gino Watkins, pp. 25 Bernie Stonehouse, pp. 25 Ike (Chuck?) Hassage, pp. 29, 50, 57 Nelson McClary, pp. 31, 41, 43 Chuck Adams, pp. 31-32, 45-46, 50 Dick Butson, pp. 41-42 Ken Butler, pp. 48 Dougie Mason, pp. 48, 51 Walter Smith, pp. 48, 57 Mort Rubin, pp. 50 Frank Elliott, pp. 52 Ray Adie, pp. 53-54 Vivian Fuchs, pp. 54, 57 The media can be accessed at the links below. Audio Part 1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Robert_Dodson_1.mp3 Audio Part 2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Robert_Dodson_2.mp3 Robert Dodson got his official start in Antarctic exploration with the Finn Ronne expedition (1947-1948). He recalls an early interest in the Antarctic, beginning at age 6 with the Byrd Expedition (I) and at age 8 (1934) with the viewing of the Gjoa, Amundsen’s North West Passage exploration boat. In the summer of 1942, Dodson worked as a messenger in the Navy Department in Washington, D.C. and it was there that he met Finn Ronne, a lieutenant at the time. The two had discussions about Ronne’s trip(s) with Byrd and Dodson expressed an interest in going on Ronne’s planned expedition after the war. Dodson’s father, a career Navy man, aided Ronne in obtaining a ...