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A
Advance Base, 106, 110–116, 144, 186, 199, 205
Alone, 199
American Geographical Society, 40, 59, 80, 128
American Museum of Natural History, 7, 13, 40, 42, 125, 212
Amundsen, Roald
autobiography of, 35
background of, 8–9
Bernt Balchen and, 26–27
birth of, 8
death of, 1, 37–39, 63
discoveries by, 161–162
expeditions by, 8–9, 14–19, 21–37, 45, 55, 73, 78–79, 97–98, 212
Lincoln Ellsworth and, 11–34, 45, 157, 175, 199
poem about, 1
records of, xvi
Richard Byrd and, 26–27
route of, 41, 87
Umberto Nobile and, 22–39
“Antarctic Archipelago,” ix, xviii
Antarctic map, xviii, 64
Antarctic Peninsula, ix–x, xviii, 64, 205
Antarctic Plateau, 8, 83, 106, 123, 213–216
Argonaut, 52
Auckland Star, 91
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), 210
Australian Quadrant, 199–201, 210
B
Balchen, Bernt
Amelia Earhart and, 75–76
autobiography of, 205–206
background of, 26–29, 75–76, 149–150
Chris Braathen and, 98–99, 103
Floyd Bennett and, 26–28
Lincoln Ellsworth and, 76, 80–89, 92–99, 103–104, 116–137, 141–146, 218–219
Richard Byrd and, 29, 49, 75, 80–81, 116
Roald Amundsen and, 26–27
Balleny Islands, 211
Barbarossa, Friedrich, 42, 47, 76
Bay of Whales, 41, 90, 95–99, 127, 151, 169–177, 180–186, 189–191, 219–221
Bear, 83, 90, 105
Behan, John, 67–69
Bennett, Floyd, 26–28, 34
Bennett, Suzanne, 87, 107–109, 115–117, 137–138, 209
Beyond Horizons, 198–199
Bowman, Isaiah, 40, 43, 47, 52, 55, 80, 128
Braathen, Chris, 88, 98–99, 103, 116, 120–121, 131, 134, 145
British Graham Land Expedition, 117, 135–136
Bruno, Harry, 143
Burns, Walter Noble, 93
Byrd, Richard E.
autobiography of, 199
background of, 24–25
Bernt Balchen and, 29, 49, 75, 80–81
birth of, 24
correspondence with, 144, 146–147, 170, 198
diary of, 119–120, 126, 199
discoveries by, 151, 162
early years of, 24–25
expeditions by, 25–28, 40–42, 48–49, 73–83, 90–95, 104–106, 109–115, 205, 217–221
illness of, 112–115
Lincoln Ellsworth and, 26–27
medals for, 34
Roald Amundsen and, 26–27
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II (BAE II), 83, 94
C
Camp I, 167, 174
Camp II, 168
Camp III, 173–177, 184–185, 213
Cape Eielson, 161
Casey, Richard, 179–181
Charcot Island, 152, 169, 180, 183, 187, 190, 220
Claiborne, Billy, 69
Clanton, Billy, 69
Clanton, Ike, 67–69
Clark, Harold, 40–43, 51, 54–59, 62, 84, 198, 206
Cockburn Island, 124
Coman, Dr. Dana, 121, 182
Come North with Me, 205
Cook, Captain James, 95–96, 215
Cook, Frederick A., 8, 12
Coolidge, Calvin, 34
Crew lists, 223–225
Crossing of Antarctica, The, 212
D
Danenhower, Sloan, 58, 61–62
Davis, John King, 180–181, 188, 196, 207, 210
Dawes, Charles, 34, 41
Deception Island, 46–49, 64, 116–124, 133–137, 147, 171, 195
Defender, 53
Demas, Pete, 114
Devil’s Graveyard, 96
Dietrichson, Leif, 16–19, 23, 37, 122, 213
Discovery, 97
Discovery II, 108, 134, 180–182, 188–197
Disney, Walt, xvi
Douglas, Eric, 191–192, 196–197
Douglas, Ian Ellsworth, 197
Dundee Island, xiii–xv, 64, 140, 147–156, 163, 167, 170, 177, 186, 190, 219
E
Earhart, Amelia, xvi, 75–76
Earp, Morgan, 65, 68–69
Earp, Virgil, 65, 67–69
Earp, Wyatt, xii, xvi, 65, 67–72, 93, 154, 190–191, 194–195, 212
Eckener, Hugo, 48, 58–61
Eielson, Carl “Ben,” 45–47, 109, 152, 161
Eielson Peninsula, 109, 161
Ellsworth, Clare, 3–4, 13–14, 21, 42, 86, 133
Ellsworth, Eva, 4
Ellsworth, James W., 4, 7, 12, 19, 21, 42, 164
Ellsworth, Julia, 12
Ellsworth, Lincoln
autobiography of, 13, 19, 77, 198–199
background of, 3–10
Bernt Balchen and, 76, 80–89, 92–99, 103–104, 116–137, 141–146, 218–219
birth of, 3
on canoeing trip, 51–52
childhood of, 3–6
death of, 207
description of, xi–xiii, 51
diary of, 29, 154–155, 161, 164, 168, 172–178, 182–186, 189–191, 194, 214
discoveries by, 154, 163–164, 197
Douglas Mawson and, 196, 203–204
early years of, 3–10
expeditions by, xiii–xvi, xviii, 14–19, 28–33, 73–74, 80–101, 118–136, 143–145, 159–194, 201–202, 206
father of, 4, 7, 12, 19, 21, 42
at Grand Canyon, 35–37, 50–51, 54
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon and, xi–xv, 148–197, 206, 213, 218
honoring, 196–197
Hubert Wilkins and, xiii–xv, 43, 48–49, 55–57, 62–63, 72–73, 84–85, 100–109, 115–117, 169–170, 199–209
illness of, 206–207
Joe Lymburner and, 156–158, 201–202
later years of, 206–207
lost flight of, xiv–xv, 159–194
marriage of, 84, 86, 91–92
in military, 8
mother of, 4
navigation difficulties for, 167, 173–175, 213–218
poem written by, 1
Richard Byrd and, 26–27
Roald Amundsen and, 11–34, 45, 157, 175, 199
search for, 169–194
sister of, 3–4, 13–14, 21, 42, 86, 133
Ellsworth, Mary Louise, 84, 86–92, 102, 170, 179, 199–200, 207
Ellsworth Highland, ix, 201
Ellsworth Land, ix, 164, 201
Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions, xiii–xvi, xviii, 94, 143–144, 181
Emmanuel, Victor, King, 36
Enderby Land, 200–201
Endurance, 123
Eternity Range, 154, 161–162, 169, 197, 218
F
Fanefjord, 74, 76, 84
Feucht, Karl, 16–18
First Crossing of the Polar Sea, 33
Fram, 97
Franz Josef Land, 59–60
Fuchs, Sir Vivian, 212
G
Gavin, Gertrude, 50
Geographic Poles, 217
George V, King, xvi, 45
Graf Zeppelin, 48, 52, 58–63, 80, 87, 146
Graham Land, ix, 47, 78, 116–117, 220
Graham Land Expedition, 116–117, 135–136
Great Depression, 52, 71–75, 79–81, 118–119, 138
Grosvenor, Gilbert H., 40
H
Haines, Bill, 120, 126
Heard Island, 210
Hearst, William Randolph, 46–52, 58
Hearst Island, ix
Hearst Land, ix, xviii, 46–47, 116–117, 151–156, 220
Heimdal, 26
Hill, James J., 50
Hill, Leonard, 181, 191–193, 197
Hindenburg, xvi
Hitler, Adolf, 204
Holland, John, 53
Hollick-Kenyon, Herbert
background of, 145–146
birth of, 145
death of, 206
description of, xi–xiii
disappearance of, xiv
Joe Lymburner and, 145
Lincoln Ellsworth and, xi–xv, 148–197, 206, 213, 218
lost flight of, xiv–xv, 159–194
search for, 169–194
Hollick-Kenyon Plateau, 168
Holliday, John Henry “Doc,” 65, 68–69, 72
Holmboe, Harald, 138, 145
Holmboe, Jorgen, 121, 128, 134
Holth, Baard, 88, 97, 100, 107, 109, 119, 124, 126
Horlick, William, 82
I
Innes Taylor, Alan, 144–146
Italia, 36–37, 45, 48, 61
J
Jacob Ruppert, 83, 90–91, 95–96
James Ross Island, 64, 124, 159
James W. Ellsworth Land, ix, 164, 201
Josephine Ford, 26, 98, 206
June, Harold, 96, 104–105, 110–114
L
Lake, Simon, 52–54, 57–62, 70
Lake, Stuart N., 65, 70–72, 93
Lake XV, 53
Lanz, Walter, xiii–xv, 88, 103, 116, 146, 159, 163, 173
Larsen, Bjarne, 138, 145, 156
Lenzburg Castle, 42–43, 47, 76–77, 102–103, 108, 139
Liavaag, Lauritz, 124–125, 138, 145, 201, 203, 207
Lindbergh, Charles, 41
Little America, 49, 81–83, 90, 94–99, 104–121, 130–134, 144–153, 160, 167–193, 205, 213
Lure of the Labrador Wild, 50
Lymburner, James (Joe), 145, 156–158, 188, 194–195, 201–202
Lyons, Joseph, 196
M
Macquarie Island, 210, 211
Magallanes, 120–121, 146–147, 170–171, 187–188
Magnetic Poles, 140, 160, 215–217
Malygin, 59–61
Maps, xviii, 64
Marcq St. Hilaire method, 215–216
Marcus, Josephine, 68–70, 72
Marie Byrd Land, 78, 152–153, 161, 165
Mariposa, 103, 116, 197
Masterson, William “Bat,” 71
Mawson, Sir Douglas
background of, 170
expeditions by, 203–204, 208–210, 217
Hubert Wilkins and, 179–180, 203–204
Lincoln Ellsworth and, 196, 203–204
search for Ellsworth, 170, 179–180, 188
McLaury, Frank, 69
McLaury, Tom, 68, 69
McVeigh, Charles, 170, 187
Meigs, John, 5
Michael Ross Collection, xv, 161
Misery Trail, 105, 185
Mittelholzer, Walter, 76–77
Monterey, 116
Mount Ulmer, 164
Murdoch, Alister, 191–192
Murphy, Charles, 113, 133
Mussolini, Benito, 22–23, 32–37, 61
My Life as an Explorer, 35
Myers, Ray, 60
N
National Air and Space Museum, 197
National Geographic Society, xii, 40
Natone, 211–212
Nautilus, 59–60, 62–63, 72–73, 80, 88, 127–128
Navigation difficulties, 167, 173–175, 213–218
Navigation explanation, 213–218
Navigation instructions, 219–221
Nelson, Andrew, 108, 134, 181
New York Journal, 46
New York Times, 33, 46, 55, 80, 113, 121, 127, 130, 131, 139
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 44
Nobile, Umberto, 22–39, 45, 48, 55, 61, 213
Nordenskjöld, Otto, 123–125, 134, 170
Norge, 24, 26–41, 45, 55, 61, 122, 199
North Magnetic Pole, 215–216
North Pole expeditions, 8, 27–30, 36, 44–47
Northrop, Jack, 74–76, 200
O
O-12 submarine, 53–54, 59
Olsen, Magnus
background of, 88
as captain, 145–148, 195, 209
as first mate, 92, 97, 99–101, 127–128, 135, 138–139
Omdal, Oscar, 16–17
Ommanney, F. D. (Francis), 181–182, 191–194
Osborn, Fairfield, 42
P
Pacific Quadrant, 95, 106, 163, 187
Palmer Land, ix, 47, 78, 117, 220
Peary, Robert E., 8, 12, 25
Penola, 117
Polar Star, 76, 85–87, 99–103, 116, 119–139, 144–165, 168–188, 194–197, 200, 213, 218
Pool, Beekman, 50–51, 63, 77
Poulter, Tom, 104–105, 110–114
Prentice, Bernon, 86, 170–171, 187
Prentice, Clare, 86, 153, 164
Protector, 52
Punta Arenas, 120
Q
Queen Maude Range, 152, 161–162, 165, 220
Quest, 73
R
Resolution, 215
Rhoads, H. T., 203
Riiser-Larsen, Hjalmar, 16–19, 33
Rockefeller, John D., 78
Rockefeller Mountains, 78, 162, 165, 220
Roosevelt, Franklin, 197
Roosevelt, Theodore, 6–7
Roosevelt Island, 140, 151, 177–179, 190
Rose, Lisle A., 79
Ross, James Clark, 97
Ross, Michael, xv, 161
Ross, Winston, xv
Ross Ice Shelf, ix, xviii, 8, 41, 74, 94, 97, 151, 177, 182, 205, 219–220
Ross Sea, 57, 73, 82, 123, 128, 151, 156, 177–178, 184, 190–191, 206, 212
Ruppert, 83, 90–91, 95–96
Rymill, John, 117, 135
S
San Francisco Examiner, 70
Scott, Robert Falcon, 8, 38, 73, 79, 97–98, 212, 217
Sentinel Range, 164, 197
Seymour Island, 124
Shackleton, Ernest, 38, 73, 78–79, 97, 123, 180, 212, 217
Shirley, Dr. Guy, 105, 111
Snow Hill Island, 64, 123–134, 147, 150, 170, 209, 219–221
South Magnetic Pole, 140, 160, 215–217
South Pole expeditions, 8–9, 41–42, 46–49, 78–80, 116
South Pole map, xviii
Stalin, Joseph, xvi
Submarine designs, 52–54, 59
Svalbard Archipelago, 12, 15, 19, 25, 36
Sydney Morning Herald, 203
T
Texaco 20, 188, 190
Thommessen, Rolf, 22–24, 31–33, 37
Thus Spake Zarathustra, 44
Tolkien, J.R.R., 4
Tombstone, 93
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 59
U
Ulm, Charles, 188
Ulmer, Eldora, 77
Ulmer, Jacob, 77
Ulmer, Mary Louise, 77, 84
Undersea crafts, 52–54, 59
United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 205
USS Skate, 209
USS Wyoming, 60
V
Verne, Jules, 59
Ver-Sur-Mer Inlet, 99, 185, 189
Victoria Land, 123, 160
W
Waite, Bud, 114
Wallace, Dillon, 50
Weddell Sea, 57, 74, 80–82, 99, 122–124, 129, 134, 147, 152, 155, 170, 212
Whiteside, Mary Brent, 131–132, 141
“Who Has Known Heights,” 51, 131–132, 141
Wilkins, Sir Hubert
autobiography of, 207
Ben Eielson and, 45–47, 109, 152, 161
birth of, 43
childhood of, 43
death of, 209
discoveries by, 152
Douglas Mawson and, 179–180, 203–204
early years of, 43–44
expeditions by, 44–49, 55, 59–60, 73–74, 86–101, 118–136, 201–202
filmmaking career of, 43–44
Joe Lymburner and, 156–158, 188, 194–195, 201–202
later years of, 207–209
Lincoln Ellsworth and, xiii–xv, 43, 48–49, 55–57, 62–63, 72–73, 84–85, 100–109, 115–117, 169–170, 199–209
marriage of, 87, 107
navigation instructions by, 219–221
records of, xv–xvi
search for Ellsworth, 169–170, 179–181, 185–194
submarine voyages by, 53–54, 59–61
Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition, 55, 59–60
Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expeditions, 46–49, 55, 59–60, 73–74, 122
Wongala, 209–212
Wyatt Earp, xiii–xvi, 84–109, 116–138, 144–163, 169–174, 182–212, 223–225
Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, 65, 71, 93