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Fisure 1-2. — Byrd — first to fly over the North Pole in an airplane. 



Island in search of new land in the Arctic Sea to the 

 west of Cape Columbia. 



1925 — Richard E. Byrd (now Rear Admiral, Ret.) flew over 



EUesmere Island and Northwest Greenland in connec- 

 tion with MacMillan's second arctic expedition. 



1926 — On 9 May, Byrd flew from Spitsbergen to the North 



Pole and returned in 15^2 hours. He was the first 

 to fly over the North Pole in an airplane. 

 1928-30 — First Byrd expedition (privately financed) to Little 

 America, Antarctica. On 29 November 1929, Byrd 

 flew from his base over the South Pole in a flight of 

 19 hours duration. 



