Explorers Richard E. Byrd and George Hubert Wilkins being rowed from floatplane, probably in Seattle, May 1946

• Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Explorers > Washington (State) > Seattle; Rowboats > Washington (State) > Seattle; Seaplanes > Washington (State) > Seattle; Bodies of water > Washington (State) > Seattle; Byrd; Richard E. (Richard Evelyn); 1888-1957 Wilkins; George H. (George Hubert); Sir; 1888-1958 Unidentified; Arctic; Antarctic; Svalbard; Norway; North Pole; Evelyn; Detroit; Wilkins; Eielson; Antarc*; Antarctica; Barrow; Byrd Polar Research; Byrd Polar Research Center; Point Barrow; Spitzbergen; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/828

The legendary naval aviator and polar explorer Admiral Robert E. Byrd undertook eleven expeditions from 1928 until 1955. His success in the first flight over the North Pole in 1926 stimulated a great deal of support as well as financial assistance from the American public for his later flight explor...