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Byrd, Commander DUNIH 1.217

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Byrd, Commander

Newspaper cutting, taken from the "Daily Chronicle", dated Wednesday 4/12/1929. Article entitled 'Explorers defense of Commander Byrd - South Pole flight challenge - giant mountains seen no "fantasy" - 15,000 ft peaks', relating to Byrd's Expedition. Part of a scrapbook belonging to William R. Colbeck, 2nd Officer on the "Discovery" during BANZARE 1929-1931 and son of William Colbeck, captain of the "Morning", the relief ship for the Discovery during the National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904.

Number: DUNIH 1.217
Name: Byrd, Commander
Date: 1929-12-04
Maker: Daily Chronicle
Location: In Store