Paul A. Siple family papers, 1926-1968, Photographs relating to the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-1935:

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Paul A. Siple family papers, 1926-1968, Photographs relating to the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-1935:

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Byrd Antarctic Expedition (2nd : 1933-1935)

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Under the leadership and financial support of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, from 1933 to 1935, second expedition visited Little America with the aim of mapping and claiming land around the Pole. Byrd extended the exploration of Marie Byrd Land and continued his scientific observations. During the winter of 1934, from March to August, Byrd spent five months alone in a hut at a weather station named Bolling Advance Base....