Travel photographs, 1933-1934.

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Travel photographs, 1933-1934.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155517609

Photographs of the Antarctic expedition, including a portrait of Ellsworth and Balchen copyrighted by Varig Studio, Brooklyn, a portrait of Ellsworth in New Zealand, and two views of the WYATT EARP (one marked N.A.N.A.). Also includes a portrait of Ellsworth in fur parka, probably taken before the flight. Photographs are identified.

5 photoprints : b&w.

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Wyatt Earp (Ship)

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The Wyatt Earp purchased by the American explorer and aviator, Lincoln Ellsworth, for his 1933 Antarctic expedition, refitted and sheathed with oak and armour plate, and renamed Wyatt Earp after the marshal of Dodge City and Tombstone, Arizona. Wyatt Earp was used on four of Ellsworth's Antarctic expeditions between 1933 and 1939, primarily as a base ship for his aircraft....

Varig Studio (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973

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Bernt Balchen (b. October 23, 1899, Tveit, Norway-d. October 17, 1973, Mount Kisco, New York), was an aviator, explorer, author, and Air Force officer. He participated in the Amundsen relief expedition in 1925, served as mechanic and stand-by crew member for the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Noble flight over the North Pole in the dirigible "Norge" in 1926, participated in the Byrd (1928-30) and Ellsworth (1934) Antarctic expeditions, and distinguished himself as a member of the OSS during World War II. He...

Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Flight Expedition (1933-1934)

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This was the first Antarctic expedition led by Lincoln Ellsworth. The party sailed from New Zealand on Dec. 10, 1933 aboard the WYATT EARP, but was detained by ice near the Ross Sea until mid-January, forcing postponment of the rest of the journey. From the description of Travel photographs, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517609 ...

Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951

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Lincoln Ellsworth (b. May 12, 1880, Chicago, Illinois-d. May 26, 1951, New York City), American explorer, engineer, and scientist. Ellsworth led the first trans-Arctic (1926) and trans-Antarctic (1935) air crossings. He first attempted to fly over the North Pole in 1925 with Roald Amundsen. Their planes were forced down onto the ice short of their goal, and the explorers spent 30 days trapped on the surface. In 1926, Ellsworth accompanied Amundsen on his second effort to fly over the Pole in th...