The interview appeared in the Wednesday, March 5, 1947, edition of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, and read in part: Admiral Richard E. Byrd warned today that the United States should adopt measures of protection against the possibility of an invasion of the country by hostile planes coming from the polar regions. Richard E. Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley, California, is named after Admiral Byrd. Indeed, the emergence of the United States as a global superpower in the aftermath of World War II and the looming threat of nuclear war with the USSR endowed the polar regions with immediate strategic significance. p. 187. and MBA degrees from USC. He received the society's War Service Medal for his service during the First World War. There is no evidence that Byrd discovered a secret civilization in his expeditions as claimed in the posts. He was a member of National Sojourners Chapter No. Washington took note. By the time IGY 19578 came around, the event had become a scientific Olympics of sorts, involving 60,000 scientistsfrom 67 countries in a worldwide enterprise of data collection, analysis, and exchange.38)Collis C & Dodds K (2008) Assault on the Unknown: The Historical and Political Geographies of International Geophysical Year (19578). Marine Biological Data of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) Admiral Byrd: "An Area As Big As The United States on the Other Side of the South Pole" According most flat earthers, there's no such thing as the continent of Antarctica. Also in 1929, he received the Langley Gold Medal from the Smithsonian Institution. [30] In France, Byrd and his crew were received as heroes and Byrd was invested as an Officer of the French Legion of Honor by Prime Minister Raymond Poincare on July 6. Caused by ignition of gasoline fumes at the stern of the ship, the explosion threw some men overboard, while others were killed from concussion, burns, fractured skulls and broken necks. For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life, in demonstrating that it is possible for aircraft to travel in continuous flight from a now inhabited portion of the earth over the North Pole and return. Argentina proposed that all atomic explosions be banned in Antarctica, which caused a crisis that lasted until the last day of the conference, since the United States, along with other countries, intended to ban only those that were made without prior notice and without prior consultation. [19] Balchen said that Bennett had confessed to him months after the flight that Byrd and he had not reached the pole. Reuters, January 30; Seethi K (2021) Russia, the United States, and Churning Arctic Geopolitics. Byrd, Balchen, Acosta, and Noville flew from Roosevelt Field, East Garden City, New York, in the America on June 29, 1927. He was raised (became a Master Mason) in Federal Lodge No. The fear that the USSR would react by making a territorial claim, bringing the Cold War to Antarctica, led the United States to make none. [32], Governments that are party to the Antarctic Treaty and its Protocol on Environmental Protection implement the articles of these agreements, and decisions taken under them, through national laws. The Argentine refuge and a nearby uninhabited Chilean shelter were destroyed, and the Argentine sailors were delivered to a ship from that country on February 18 near South Georgia. For example, the Antarctic Conservation Act, Public Law 95-541, 16U.S.C. [18], Since 1926, doubts have been raised, defenses made, and heated controversy arose over whether or not Byrd actually reached the North Pole. 1929. New York: G.P. . Bennett, though, had started a memoir, given numerous interviews, and wrote an article for an aviation magazine about the flight before his death that all confirmed Byrd's version of the flight. Byrd, by then an internationally recognized, pioneering American polar explorer and aviator, served for a time as Honorary National President (19311935) of Pi Gamma Mu, the international honor society in the social sciences. This idea was rejected by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, and Norway. None of us wants to take a chance on unnecessarily losing thousands of lives, Byrd warned, I urge you in the strongest terms not to allow to be thrown away months of preparation and the large quantity of cold weather technical equipment that has been assembled.30)Letter, Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews (1949) 20 September, Box 206, Folder 7328, Byrd Papers. [44], As part of the multinational collaboration for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 195758, Byrd was appointed as officer in charge of the U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I in 195556, which established permanent Antarctic bases at McMurdo Sound, the Bay of Whales, and the South Pole. Gardner to Senator Walter F. George (1949) 6 October, Box 206, Folder 7328, Byrd Papers. In terms of criminal law, the laws that apply to the Jervis Bay Territory (which follows the laws of the Australian Capital Territory) apply to the Australian Antarctic Territory. Personnel present on Antarctica at any time are always citizens or nationals of some sovereignty outside Antarctica, as there is no Antarctic sovereignty. However, in February 1958, the United States proposed that the Antarctic investigations should be extended for another year, and the Soviet Union reported that it would maintain its scientific bases until the studies being carried out had been completed. If you say here is how disinformation works, a lot of times they will tune you out or be actively hostile, Boucher said. The Antarctic Treaty's Diamond Anniversary The Antarctic Sun. Within a few months, in March 1940, Byrd was recalled to active duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Byrd used New Zealand as his departure point for several of his Antarctic expeditions. [26][27], In 1927, Byrd announced he had the backing of the American Trans-Oceanic Company, which had been established in 1914 by department-store magnate Rodman Wanamaker for the purpose of building aircraft to complete nonstop flights across the Atlantic Ocean. [8] In 1949, Argentina, Chile, and the United Kingdom signed a Tripartite Naval Declaration committing not to send warships south of the 60th parallel south, which was renewed annually until 1961 when it was deemed unnecessary when the treaty entered into force. His papers served as the nucleus for establishment of the BPRC Polar Archival Program in 1990. In Glen Rock, New Jersey, Richard E. Byrd School was dedicated in 1931. [11][12], In 1956 and 1958, India tried unsuccessfully to bring the Antarctic issue to the United Nations General Assembly.[6]. As I see it, he wrote to the Secretary of the Navy, insofar as preparedness of our own forces is concerned, we have to assume that we may have war with Russia. In the case Byrds presupposition came true, he argued there would be hundreds of detached units in the Arctic, each expected to possess the highly technical knowledge of polar travel both on foot and in mechanized vehicles.28)Letter, Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews (1949) 20 September, Box 206, Folder 7328, Byrd Papers. Isis 104(1): 129. 2003; 21:409. He carried the society's flag during his first Antarctic expedition to dramatize the spirit of adventure into the unknown, characterizing both the natural and social sciences.[36][37]. In the autumn of 1917, he was sent to naval aviation school at Pensacola, Florida. This tripartite declaration was signed after the tension generated when Argentina sent a fleet of eight warships to Antarctica in February 1948.[9]. From 1945 until his death in 1957, Byrds exhortations led to both successful and abortive government-sponsored Antarctic expeditionsventures that not only underpinned a decade of American polar security policy, but also initiated a pattern of international scientific collaboration that guided all future civil-military polar initiatives while setting an oft-forgotten precedent for the multinational joint-operations that characterize NATOs Arctic security policy today. Journal of Historical Geography 44:70. Admiral Byrd was famed for going to the North and South Poles and obtaining the Congressional Medal of Honor. National Geographic Magazine 110(2): 141179. His next assignment was to the gunboat USS Dolphin, which also served as the yacht of the Secretary of the Navy. [36][37] Dr. Marks died while wintering over at the United States' AmundsenScott South Pole Station located at the geographic South Pole. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 41. However, the financial backing for Byrds second operation failed to materialize. After their first winter, their expeditions were resumed, and on November 28, 1929, the first flight to the South Pole and back was launched. He displayed courage, initiative, vision, and a high order of ability in obtain data and in submitting reports which will be of great present and future value to the National Defense and to the Government of the United States in the post-war period. He was then recalled to active duty and was assigned to the Office of Naval Operations and served in a desk job as secretary and organizer of the Navy Department Commission on Training Camps. 42 parties to the Antarctic Treaty have also ratified the "Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty". Putnams Sons. Only 29 of the 56 parties to the agreements have the right to participate in decision-making at these meetings, though the other 27 are still allowed to attend. Todays brewing tensions in the Arctic and Antarctica are nothing new. To people like Byrd, Cold War tensions made the Arctic a strategic region, particularly for national security.6)Doel R, Friedman R, Lajus J, Srlin S & Wrkberg U (2014) Strategic Arctic Science: National Interests in Building Natural KnowledgeInterwar Era Through the Cold War. The accident affected him deeply and inspired him to make safety a top priority in all of his future expeditions. However, the images were created by artificial intelligence and do not show historic photographs of the expedition. In this service Admiral Byrd exercised fine leadership in gaining the united effort of civilian, Army, and Navy experts. Indias G20 Presidency: Opportunity to Resume Engagement in the Arctic, The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 20 February, 2023, Not so Poles Apart: The Arctic and the Third Pole in Asia, Putins Russia in Biggest Arctic Military Push Since Soviet Fall, Russia, the United States, and Churning Arctic Geopolitics, Russia and the Arctic Council in 2021: A New Security Dilemma, The Countries Taking Advantage of Antarctica During the Pandemic, Strategy and Competition at the Ends of the Earth. An R4D carrying Admiral Byrd and his men makes a jet-assisted takeoff from the carrier Philippine Sea and heads to Antarctica on January 29, 1947. The airship broke apart in midair, killing 44 of 49 crew members on board. When he returned to the United States from the Arctic, Byrd became a national hero. He was also a member of numerous other patriotic, scientific, and charitable organizations, including the Explorers Club, the American Legion, and the National Geographic Society. Wisconsin International Law Journal. Convinced civilian policymakers were failing to grasp the security implications of such an expedition, Russias successful detonation of its own atomic bomb during the prospective operations review only sharpened Byrds claim for the need of a more proactive polar national security policy.23)Letter, Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen T. Early (1949) 27 September, Box 206, Folder 7328, Byrd Papers; Rose L (2008) Explorer, 43132. Letter, Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen T. Early (1949) 27 September, Box 206, Folder 7328, Byrd Papers; Rose L (2008). King. Sir James Clark Ross DCL FRS FLS FRAS 15 April 1800 3 April 1862 was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Tomorrow we might have to pay dearly for them.15)See Untitled and Rough Draft (1945) 10 September, Box 206, Folder 7310, Byrd Papers. Letter, Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews (1949) 20 September, Box 206, Folder 7328, Byrd Papers. Antarctic expeditions, they argued, could deny foreign use of Antarctic land for military purposes, be used to train naval, engineering, and aviation experts in polar techniques, and become a safe polar laboratory to test valuable minerals and resources. Admiral Flew Over Both Poles and Helped Establish Antarctic as a Continent", "50th anniversary of Byrd's historic flight", "Milestones:Long-Range Shortwave Voice Transmissions from Byrd's Antarctic Expedition, 1934", "Richard E. 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Byrd was posthumously eligible for the Antarctic Service Medal, established in 1960, for his participation in the Antarctic expeditions Operation Highjump (1946 to 1947) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955 to 1956). They seem to depict concrete proof of an entire forgotten civilization its architectures, artifacts, technologies, and much more that once called Antarctica their home., A note at the end of the article reads: Certain elements of these images may have been enhanced or generated by AI for quality purposes.. This was Byrd's third Antarctic expedition and the first one that had the official. Great power competition in Antarctica, too, is on the rise. Byrd, along with pilot Bernt Balchen, co-pilot/radioman Harold June, and photographer Ashley McKinley, flew the Floyd Bennett to the South Pole and back in 18 hours, 41 minutes. The earths polar regions have enjoyed a strategic resurgence over the past decade. Military and civilian scientific collaboration characterized Americas polar initiatives in the 1950s. In 2006, the New Zealand police reported that jurisdictional issues prevented them issuing warrants for potential American witnesses who were reluctant to testify during the Christchurch Coroner's investigation into the death by poisoning of Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks at the South Pole base in May 2000. The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN: 07918), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight; in recognition of his courage, resourcefulness and skill as Commander of the expedition which flew the airplane "America" from New York City to France from June 29 to July 1, 1927, across the Atlantic Ocean under extremely adverse weather conditions which made a landing in Paris impossible; and finally for his discernment and courage in directing his plane to a landing at Ver sur Mer, France, without serious injury to his personnel, after a flight of 39 hours and 56 minutes. Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Operation Highjump (1946) International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) Race For The South Pole (1909-12) Robert F. Scott (1868-1912) Treaty. Operation Highjump (Undated) Box 207, Folder 7345, Byrd Papers. Born: October 25, 1888, Winchester, Va. As the United States assumed an increasingly inimical posture towards the Soviet Union after World War II, polar experts like renowned naval pilot and polar explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd made American policymakers aware of the pitfalls of ignoring Arctic and Antarctic interests in the nations long-term planning. At the suggestion of the World Meteorological Organization, the idea of the International Polar Year was extended to the entire planet, thus creating the International Geophysical Year that took place between July 1, 1957, and December 31, 1958. Unfortunately for Byrd, his tour of duty in Newfoundland was considered overseas service. Tomorrow we may be sorry. The success of Operation Highjump prompted strategic planners to earmark the years 1947 to 1950 for the twin goals of ensuring the continuation of long range preparations for continuity of effort in the Antarctic and using gained knowledge to improve the usableness [sic] and logistic support of Greenland for military operations.20)Operation Highjump (Undated) Box 207, Folder 7345, Byrd Papers. There, strategic rivals increasingly assert territorial claims, contend for natural resources, and expand their scientific influence at earths southern extreme.3)Feiger L & Wilson M (2020) The Countries Taking Advantage of Antarctica During the Pandemic. Tomorrow we may! [31], After their return to the United States, an elaborate dinner in their honor was held in New York City on July 19. Congress passed a special act on December 21, 1926, promoting him to the rank of commander and awarding both Floyd Bennett and him the Medal of Honor. He was released from active duty on October 1, 1945. A battery of tests helped Naval personnel determine optimal cold weather gear, electronics, avionics, radio equipment, medicine, mechanized transport, food storage, cooking techniques, and polar sea and land survival techniques for future polar expeditions. On This Episode, We're back again with Mike Potts taking a deeper dive into his journey to he In 1946, the U.S. military initiated the Strategic Air Command (SAC), whose bombers flew continuous missions along the northern borders of Alaska, Canada and Greenland as a deterrent against Soviet attack. Greenland, considered by some strategists to be the worlds largest stationary aircraft carrier, housed Thule Air Force Basea secret facility capable of projecting military power into the Arctic far easier than anywhere on the American mainland. For more on Cold War projects in Alaska, see Farish M (March 2013) The Lab and the Land: Overcoming the Arctic in Cold War Alaska. The Arctic Institute, 27 July; Tavenier R (2021) Russia and the Arctic Council in 2021: A New Security Dilemma. Byrd's ambition was dashed by then acting Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who felt the risks outweighed the potential rewards. He should do so the first antarctic treaty, outgunned and from my brother of . It is also commemorated in a U.S. postage stamp issued at the time, and a considerable amount of mail using it was sent from Byrd's base at Little America. I want to show people whats possible, and what to watch out for.. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. (Coincidentally, in 1925, then Army Air Service Reserve Corps Lieutenant Charles Lindbergh had applied to serve as a pilot on Byrd's North Pole expedition, but apparently, his bid came too late. ATS 13 of 1938. In 1928, Byrd began his first expedition to the Antarctic involving two ships and three airplanes. The name was changed to R.E. 1, Washington, DC, on March 19, 1921, and affiliated with Kane Lodge No. The establishment of a very definite and aggressive policy of exploration and use in those areas, they concluded, [is] considered desirableby the United States.16)Rose L (2009) Assault on Eternity: Richard E. Byrd and the Exploration of America, 194647. Details about each expedition can be seen (www.admiralbyrd.com/). [10] A British detachment remained three months on the island while the frigate patrolled its waters until April. The Evening Post, 7 March. In 1946, Admiral Byrd organized an expedition to Antarctica (his fourth journey there) to establish research base Little America IV in what is known as Operation High Jump. Byrd's Flagship was the 'City of New York'. The decision-making participants are the Consultative Parties and, in addition to the 12 original signatories, including 17 countries that have demonstrated their interest in Antarctica by carrying out substantial scientific activity there. The innovative Antarctic Snow Cruiser was brought with the expedition, but broke down shortly after arriving. * Has an overlapping claim with another one or two claimants. Reserved the right to make a claim. Putnams Sons. Before the rejection, on August 28, 1948, the United States proposed to the claimant countries some form of internationalization of Antarctica, and this was supported by the United Kingdom. Marshals in Antarctica to provide a law enforcement presence.[35]. Moreover, it was the first Navy-led expedition to Antarctic waters in nearly a century.18)Rose (2008) Explorer, 42730; (1947) Byrd Expedition ReturnOperation Highjump Remarkable Record. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia. Someone At For; Jerry Book; Marketing; Requests. During Byrd's assignment to Dolphin, she was commanded by future Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as chief of staff to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II. Shortly thereafter, on December 14, 1916, he was assigned as the inspector and instructor for the Rhode Island Naval Militia in Providence, Rhode Island. "South Pole scientist may have been poisoned". [citation needed], Byrd wrote an article for the August 1927 edition of Popular Science Monthly in which he accurately predicted that while specially modified aircraft with one to three crewmen would fly the Atlantic nonstop, another 20 years were needed before it would be realized on a commercial scale.[33]. During media interviews, the police detective in charge of the investigation criticized the National Science Foundation and contractor Raytheon for failing to co-operate with the investigation. The fantastic speed with which the world is shrinking recalled the admiral is one of the most important lessons learned during his recent Antarctic exploration. However, no consensus was reached on a preliminary draft. The text in one post reads: This is why no one is allowed to visit Antarctica and why every government in the world signed a treaty together to conspire and hide the truth from the mass population. In 1950, the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) had discussed the possibility of holding a third International Polar Year. In November of 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt gave an order outlining the main objectives of the expedition. Portrait of American naval commander and explorer Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd , as he poses in front of a map of Antarctica, March 15, 1956. Byrd's short-wave relay broadcasts, from his second Antarctic expedition, established a new chapter of communication history. There was also a consensus for demilitarization and the maintenance of the status quo. Journal of Historical Geography 44:62.World War III, it was long assumed, would be.5)Mulvaney K (2001) At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions. Memorials to Byrd can be found in two cities in New Zealand (Wellington and Dunedin). Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N, Retired, was in command of this flight, navigated the airplane, made the mandatory preparations for the flight, and through his untiring energy, superior leadership, and excellent judgment the flight was brought to a successful conclusion. This assignment brought Byrd into contact with high-ranking officials and dignitaries, including then Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt. Christopher L Byrd is an IRS registered tax preparer in Scottsdale, Arizona. On board was mail from the US Postal Service to demonstrate the practicality of aircraft. Admiral Richard E. Byrd was a U.S. naval officer, aviator and explorer who went on several Antarctic expeditions between 1928 and 1956 (here). In the performance of his duty Rear Admiral Byrd served in the Navy Department and in various areas outside the continental limits of the United States, employed on special missions on the fighting fronts in Europe and the Pacific. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. His qualities of leadership and unselfish devotion to duty are in accordance with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. PSHE. Rather, they are continuations of early Cold War dynamicsold frontiers invested with new strategic importance as geopolitical (and increasingly, climatological) realities change. He was one of the recipients of the Langley Gold Medal, which is awarded by the Smithsonian Institution for outstanding achievement in aviation. The project included extensive studies of geology, biology, meteorology, and exploration. The members of the Special Navy Mission sailed from Balboa, Canal Zone, on USS Concord (CL-10), Captain Irving Reynold Chambers, commanding, in September 1943. Report of the Adjutant General of Rhode Island. [4][20] Bennett died on April 25, 1928, during a flight to rescue downed aviators in Greenland. Naval Task Force 68a fleet of three Naval Groups overseen by Admiral Byrddeparted Norfolk, Virginia. As a token of his gratitude, Byrd named geographic features in the Antarctic after his supporters. In the aftermath of World War II, American strategic planners oriented the nations hemispheric defense policy around the dictum that the shortest route to the USSRs dense industrial and population centers lay over the North Pole. However, the treaty does not restrict tourists and researchers from visiting the place for exploration and research. The expedition was supported by a large naval force (designated Task Force 68), commanded by Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen. Sargent takes statements made by Byrd about the potentially rich resources of Antarctica and the subsequent Antarctic Treaty, where nations agreed to restrict the military and commercial uses of the continent, as proof that the supposed true nature of the South Pole was being hidden from the public. He rendered valuable service as Secretary and Organizer of the Navy Department Commission on Training Camps, and trained men in aviation in the ground school in Pensacola, and in charge of rescue parties and afterwards in charge of air forces in Canada. He was the seventh recipient of the prestigious Hubbard Medal awarded by the National Geographic Society for his flight to the North Pole. Admiral Richard Byrd, the iconic pilot, headed the project, which was formally designated the United States Navy Antarctic Development Program, that happened between year 1946 and 1947. 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties for the following activities, unless authorized by regulation or statute: Violation of the Antarctic Conservation Act carries penalties of up to US$10,000 in fines and one year in prison. This suggestion has been challenged by Dennis Rawlins, who adds that the sextant data in the long-unavailable original official typewritten report are all expressed to 1 second, a precision not possible on Navy sextants of 1926 and not the precision of the sextant data in Byrd's diary for 1925 or the 1926 flight, which was normal (half or quarter of a minute of arc). United States Naval Academy Midshipman May 28, 1908 (Class of 1912), First Distinguished Service Medal citation, Second Distinguished Service Medal citation. Journal of Historical Geography 44:7071. I have to warn my compatriots that the time has ended when we were able to take refuge in our isolation and rely on the certainty that the distances, the oceans, and the poles were a guarantee of safety.[42][43]. The signing of the treaty was the first arms control agreement that occurred in the framework of the Cold War, and the participating countries managed to avoid the internationalization of Antarctic sovereignty. The major area covered was the eastern coastline of Antarctica from 150E to the Greenwich meridian. Byrd said that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air. Siple went on to earn an doctorate and was probably the only person, other than Byrd himself, to participate in all five of Byrd's Antarctic expeditions. Birth. Today we are not stating our rightful claims to this territory. Unusual radio transmissions from Byrd finally began to alarm the men at the base camp, who then attempted to go to Advance Base. 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