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Richard E. Byrd. Airplane routes over the North Pole, including the one flown by Richard E. Byrd in 1926. Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica, 1947. Fokker used by Byrd and Bennett in their attempt to fly to the North Pole
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Works about Byrd include Charles J.V. Murphy, Struggle: The Life and Exploits of Commander Richard E. Byrd (1928), a biography; and Richard Montague, Oceans, Poles, and Airmen: The First Flights Over Wide Waters and Desolate Ice (1971), disputing Byrd’s claim that he flew to the North Pole. To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925–1927, ed. by Raimund E. Goerler (1998), is Byrd’s handwritten account of his North Pole flight; the book also includes commentary on the controversy over whether Byrd actually reached the Pole.

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Anniversary information added. Oct 21, 2024
Modified link of Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Richard E. Byrd. Oct 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 07, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 20, 2024
Add new Web site: The Arctic Institute - The Cold, Cold War: Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, Antarctic Expeditions, and the Evolution of America’s Strategic Interest in the Polar Regions. Jan 11, 2024
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett: First to Fly over the North Pole. Nov 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Richard E. Byrd. Sep 15, 2023
Add new Web site: William And Mary Libraries - Scholar Works - Biography of Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Virginia Museum of History and Culture - Richard E. Byrd. Jan 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Richard Byrd and His Polar Adventures. Aug 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Library of Virginia - Richard Evelyn Byrd. Aug 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Richard E. Byrd. Aug 30, 2021
Add new Web site: New Zealand History - Richard E. Byrd's plane on Pipitea Wharf, Wellington. May 24, 2019
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Wickyup (Richard E. Byrd House). May 24, 2019
Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Richard E. Byrd. May 24, 2019
Corrected cross-reference. May 26, 2017
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Richard E. Byrd. Dec 02, 2013
Added photograph. Jun 02, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. Apr 08, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Richard E. Byrd. Nov 12, 2008
Media added. Feb 08, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS Online - Alone on the Ice. Sep 25, 2006
Added new Web site: Richard E. Byrd: 1888-1957. May 12, 2006
Article revised. Jan 29, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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