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Polar Bear swimming in the Arctic and Northwest Passage
Polar Bear swimming in the Arctic and Northwest Passage
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An illustrated map highlights the North Pole.
An illustrated map highlights the North Pole.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Roald Amundsen's 'Norge' begins its own attempt to cross the North Pole in 1926
Richard Byrd and the 'Josephine Ford' airplane take off from Kings Bay to partway accompany Roald Amundsen's Norge airship on its own journey across the North Pole; 'Josephine' flies past the Norge / WS Byrd's plane passes over...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett bid farewell to their crew as they prepare to fly over the North Pole
Richard E. Byrd, on left, and Floyd Bennett, on right (wearing goggles) shake hands with members of their ground crew as they prepare to take off in the 'Josephine Ford' Fokker airplane to fly over the North Pole; the plane stands behind...
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Inuits playing traditional Inuit Drum in Northern Canada
Inuits playing traditional Inuit Drum in Northern Canada
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Roald Amundsen's 'Norge' expedition meets up with Richard E. Byrd in Spitsbergen, Norway
VS airship 'Norge,' bearing Roald Amundsen's expedition to cross the North Pole, flies above Spitsbergen, Norway, where Richard E. Byrd's Arctic Expedition is preparing a flight attempt to cross the North Pole by plane / VS Norge...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The 'Josephine Ford' reaches shore at Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway
WS crewmen move Richard E. Byrd's airplane 'Josephine Ford' from makeshift raft to icy shore of Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, harbor / MS propellers whirl as 'Josephine' starts up / Byrd confers with crewman who might be pilot Floyd Bennett /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Explorer Richard E. Byrd, pilot Floyd Bennett, and the 'Josephine Ford' in 1926
Title card: 'In 1926 began a series of daring flights breaking new aerial trails and changing our concept of time and space' / Arctic explorer Richard E. Byrd, at left, stands with pilot Floyd Bennett / Byrd's Fokker airplane, the...
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Melting Ice floes and drift ice in the Arctic and Northwest Passage
Melting Ice floes and drift ice in the Arctic and Northwest Passage