A new argument that Admiral Byrd didn't make North Pole
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 11:31
in Earth & Climate
By Andrea ThompsonLiveScienceOn May 9, 1926, famed American explorer Richard Byrd took off from the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen along with his pilot, Floyd Bennett, in an attempt to be the first to fly to the North Pole. About 16 hours later, the pair returned to the island in their Fokker tri-motor airplane, the Josephine Ford, saying they had indeed accomplished the feat.Byrd submitte...