Byrd & Igloo

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Acosta, Bert, 77–79, 79, 82–83

Adam, Richard, 150

Adélie penguins, 104–106, 112, 116

air navigation

Byrd’s inventions for, 17–18

discoveries and advancement in, 8–9

radio technology and, 36, 63–64, 126

airplane crashes, 70–71, 73–76, 82–83, 83, 134–135

airplanes and aircrafts

America, 71–76, 76, 83

classes of, 127

dirigibles, 24, 37, 40, 50, 61, 62, 127

Floyd Bennett, 86, 154–158, 155

Josephine Ford, 25–27, 41–42, 42, 45–46, 46, 52

rafts built to transport, 41–43, 42

See also North Pole flights; South Pole flights; transatlantic flights

America (airplane)

building and assembling, 71–72

crash landing of, 73–75, 83

rebuilding of after crash, 75–76, 76

American flag, 150, 158, 168

Amundsen, Roald, 22–27, 37, 39–40, 44, 48–51, 61–62, 62, 95

animals, value of, 174–175

Antarctic expedition

airplane test runs, 127–135

arrival in South Pole, 106

clothing for, 95–97

daily routines in, 123–126

Floyd Bennett airplane for, 86, 154–158, 155

food supplies for, 34–36

Little America winter base, 107–114, 108, 109, 120–122, 122

maps of, 167

planning for, 84

risks and dangers of, 118–120, 127–128, 139

scientific research during, 126–129, 151–152

ships for, 89–92, 103, 106, 117–118

Southern hemisphere seasons and, 108–109, 139, 149–150

South Pole flight attempts, 128–130, 159–165

South Pole flight plans, 84–86, 139–141, 151–152, 164

weather and cold temperatures, 84–86, 108, 120, 128–134, 139–141, 151, 156

Arctic expedition

airplanes used for, 28–29

anchoring ship at Spitsbergen, 40–41, 43–44

dock for ship in, 39–40

food supplies for, 28, 34–35

keeping warm during, 46–47

Northern hemisphere seasons and, 40–41

Norwegians helping during, 44–45, 48–49

risks and dangers of, 9

SS Chantier, voyage to, 20–22, 21, 30–32, 37–41, 43–46, 54

unloading airplanes for, 39–41, 45–46, 46

weather conditions and flights, 22, 42–43, 50, 54

Axel Heiberg Glacier, 160–161

Balchen, Bernt

as North Pole flight copilot, 48–49

as South Pole flight copilot, 129, 132–134, 157–165

as transatlantic flight copilot, 78–83, 79

Bennett, Floyd

in America crash, 73–75

death of, 86–87

Floyd Bennett airplane, 86, 154–158, 155

honoring in South Pole flight, 157–158, 158, 165

injuries of, 77

as North Pole flight copilot, 25–27, 34–35, 47–48, 51–62, 52

North Pole flight praise for, 63–65, 65

as South Pole flight copilot, 85–86

as transatlantic flight copilot, 71–77, 76

Boggs, Maris

on finding a home for Igloo, 4–8

on finding Igloo, 1–3, 2, 166

on giving Igloo to Byrd, 18–19

work and life mission of, 3–4

Boston

as Byrd family home, 66–70

ticker-tape parades in, 168–170, 169, 170

Braathen, Chris, 113

Brennan, Michael, 32

bubble sextants, 17

Bureau of Commercial Economics, 3–4

Byrd, Evelyn “Bolling,” 68

Byrd, Katherine, 68

Byrd, Marie, 67

Byrd, Richard “Dickie,” 68, 174

Byrd, Richard Evelyn

adventurous nature of, 8–10, 144

in America crash, 73–75

Amundsen vs., 22–27, 37, 39–40, 44, 48–51, 61–62, 62, 95

on animals as friends, 174–175

athletic strength of, 12–13

family of, 67–68

football career and injury, 13–15

in Greenland expedition, 9, 26

on Igloo’s death, 173–175, 175

inventions by, 17–18, 71

leadership qualities of, 33

at Naval Academy and Navy career of, 12–17, 14

navigation skills of, 11, 17–18, 56, 58, 60

North Pole flight crew, 52

praise and celebrations for, 63–65, 65, 166–172, 169–171

in rescue missions, 118–120, 134–135

South Pole flight plans, 154–157, 155, 158

Spy the sled dog and, 135–139

voyage to South Pole, 90–106

world travels of, 9–12

as youth in military academy, 11

See also Antarctic expedition; Arctic expedition; transatlantic flights

Byrd and Igloo, relationship of

in Antarctica, 115, 123–126, 125, 140, 140–141, 141, 150, 155

beginning of, 18–19

as best friends, 33, 172, 175

in Boston, 66–70, 67, 68–69, 148, 171

lecture tours, 170–172

praise and celebrations for, 63–65, 65, 166–172, 169–171

with sled dog puppies, 149

sled dog rides together, 152–153

on voyage to South Pole, 88

C.A. Larsen (ship), 90–106

Chantier, SS, 20–22, 21, 30–32, 37–40, 43–46, 54

City of New York (ship), 90–92, 103, 106, 117

clothing

for Igloo, 38–39, 47, 145–149, 147

Ronne as tailor for, 95–97, 97, 145, 148

for ship and flight crews, 51, 140

Coman, Dr. Francis, 93, 144, 144

Coolidge, Calvin, 64–66, 65

Curtiss Oriole airplane, 28

dead reckoning process, 60

dirigibles, 24, 37, 40, 50, 61, 62, 127

dogs. See Igloo; sled dogs

Dog Town, 122, 143–146, 146

drift indicators, 18, 57

Eleanor Bolling (ship), 89–90, 103, 117–118

Ellsworth, Lincoln, 23–24

emperor penguins, 104–106, 105

Floyd Bennett (airplane), 86, 154–158, 155

Fokker, Anthony, 72–74

Fokker airplanes. See America; Josephine Ford

food supplies

for Antarctic expedition, 93–94, 122

for Arctic expedition, 28, 34–35

dumped to avoid crash, 162–163

Ford airplanes. See Floyd Bennett

forecastles (fo’c’s’les), 94

geological research, 126–129, 151–152

glaciers, 160–161

Gould, Chips, 41, 48, 122, 123, 143

Gould, Larry, 127–130, 132–134, 151–152

Greason, Sidney, 93–94

Greenland expedition, 9, 26

Haines, Bill “Cyclone,” 50, 126, 128, 130, 156

Hanson, Malcolm, 36, 64, 126, 129, 131, 132, 134

Heimdahl (ship), 39–40

Hobby (ship), 44

Holm, Captain Astrup, 44

Hoover, Herbert, 166, 168

Hubbard medal, 65

ice crevasses, 108

ice skippers, 36–37

Igloo

adventurous nature of, 99, 144, 174

in Antarctic expedition, 84, 87–88, 115, 123–126, 125, 139–144, 140, 141, 150, 153, 155

Byrd’s family and, 66–70

clothing for, 38–39, 47, 145–149, 147

death, funeral, and grave of, 173–175, 175

Dog Town and, 122, 143–146, 146

intelligence of, 7–8

keeping warm, 47, 139–141, 145

naming of, 21

North Pole flights and, 50–55, 61–62

penguins and, 112, 116, 116–117

sled dog puppies and, 143, 145–149, 149

sled dogs and, 98–99, 101–102, 110–117, 135–139

South Pole flights and, 158–159

special bed for, 123, 131–132

on SS Chantier voyage, 20–22, 29–34, 38–39, 41–42

toys of, 63, 84, 98, 170

transatlantic flights and, 74–75, 78–80

on voyage returning from Arctic, 63–64

on voyage to South Pole, 88, 90–106

See also Byrd and Igloo, relationship of

Isaksen, Isak, 44

Josephine Ford (airplane), 25–27, 41–42, 42, 45–46, 46, 52

June, Harold, 129, 132–134, 157–159, 162–165

Kentucky, USS (ship), 15

King’s Bay, 37, 38, 40

Larsen (ship), 90–106

Lindbergh, Charles “Lucky Lindy,” 76

Little America winter base

food supplies in, 93–94, 122

map of, 120

planning and building, 107–108, 120–122

sled dogs in, 108, 108–114, 109

snow tunnels in, 121–122, 122

unloading supplies for, 107–111, 108

Liv Glacier, 160–161

local magnetism, 57–58

maps

Antarctic Expedition, 167

Little America, 120

North Pole flight, 23

South Pole flight, 164

McKinley, Captain Ashley, 127, 131, 157–159, 162–163

Mulroy, Tom, 30, 38, 47–48, 54–55

National Geographic Society, 65

navigation skills, 11, 17–18, 56, 58, 60

New York Times, 23, 87

North Pole flights

Amundsen vs. Byrd as first, 22–27, 37, 39–40, 44, 48–51, 61–62, 62, 95

Byrd, praise and celebration for, 63–66

Byrd’s successful completion of, 55–63

equipment and food supplies for, 34–36

failed attempts at, 23–24

map of flight plan, 23

planning for, 25–29, 34–35, 51–52

risks and dangers of, 27, 34, 58

trial flights, 47–55

Northwest Passage, 23

Noville, George, 52, 72–74, 78–79, 79, 82

O’Brien, Daniel, 35

Orteig, Raymond (Orteig Prize), 70–71

parades, 65, 83, 168–170, 169, 170

Peary, Robert, 12, 100

pemmican, 24–25, 28, 94

penguins, 104–106, 105, 112, 116, 125–126

Queen Maud Range, 159–160

radio technology, 36, 63–64, 126

rescue missions, 118–120, 134–135

Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 127

Rockefeller Mountains, 127–128, 132, 134

Ronne, Martin, 95–97, 97, 145, 148

Ross Ice Shelf, 106, 107

Roth, Bennie, 117–120

scientists, 126–129, 151–152

seals

eating meat of, 125–126

Igloo and, 116

seasickness, 31–32

seasons, Southern vs. Northern

hemispheres, 40–41, 108–109, 139, 149–150

senna grass, 96

Shea, Lawrence, 16

Siple, Paul, 126–127, 152–153

sled dog puppies

Igloo’s playing with, 98–99, 143, 145–149, 149

training of, 152–154

sled dogs

Birch, 143

on board the Larsen, 101

Chinook, 100–101, 110–112

dog hospital for, 136

Dog Town for, 122, 143–146, 146

Holly, 131–132, 134–135, 152–154

Igloo and, 98–99, 101–102, 110–117

importance of, 100–101

Moody and Watch, 113, 137–138

Moose-Moss-Mouse, 113

penguins and, 112

Spy, 113, 135–139, 136

Tickle, 113–114

work and value of, 100–102, 108, 108–114, 109, 153–154

Smith, Dean, 130–134

snow tunnels, 121–122, 122

South Pole flights, 84–86, 108, 120, 129–130, 139–141, 151, 156

Byrd’s attempts and trial flights, 128–130, 159–165

Byrd’s plans for, 84–86, 139–141, 151–152, 164

preparing airplane for, 154–158, 155

risks and dangers of, 160–161

weather conditions and, 84–86, 108, 120, 128–134, 139–141, 151, 156