Alton A. Lindsey Papers 1933-1995

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Alton A. Lindsey Papers 1933-1995

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/OhCoUBP0028

The Alton A. Lindsey Papers document Lindsey's experience as an expedition member on Byrd's second expedition to Antarctica, 1933-1935.

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The Ohio State University. Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program.

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Lindsey, Alton A. (Alton Anthony), 1907-1999

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Alton A. Lindsey accompanied Admiral Byrd on his second Antarctic expedition, for which he was assigned the role of vertebrate biologist. His field work on that mission included the study of penguins, seals, and other Antarctic animals. In 1951, he revisited the frozen continent in a joint American-Canadian effort to study permafrost. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1907, Lindsey attended Allegheny College, and later received his doctorate in biology from Cornell University. He taught...