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Two white women in thick red coats hanging out in a dry rock valley. The one on the left is sprawled on the ground, the one on the right is sitting up and smiling.
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Why Weren't There Women on Byrd's Expeditions?
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Henry Brecher, an old man in beige clothes, standing on the edge of a mountain with his hands clasped above his head victoriously
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Who is Henry Brecher?
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A black-and-white photograph of a young Susannah Casey
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Who Created the Byrd Center Flag?
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What was Byrd's infamous Antarctic Snow Cruiser doing in Gomer, Ohio?
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Glass enclosed exhibit containing artifacts on display in the Goldthwait Polar Library. The exhibit includes blue and white pottery as well as white documents.
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How did people eat on polar expeditions?
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A stack of three brown books with worn down covers. They are placed on a plain table in an archival room.
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What did school children think about Byrd's Antarctic expedition?
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Photo from sea of Antarctica. The sea is glassy and reflects the puple, snow capped mountains like a mirror
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Who was the “ghostwriter” for the Byrd Second Antarctic Expedition?
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Drawing of a cow with the text "Antarctica Guernsey Iceberg"
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How do you become the first milkman in Antarctica?
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A board game box labled "Admiral Byrd's Little America" with an explorer speaking into an old microphone
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Who Wanted to Play a Board Game About Antarctic Expeditions?
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Rocky and Snowy landscape
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Where is the Third Pole?
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A group of women stand to take a photo at the south pole. The majority of the group is wearing heavy red coats. There is one individual in the center wearing a black coat.
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How did the first all-woman scientific team from the United States come to work in Antarctica?
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Three people bundled in thick fur coats standing outside of a plane in the snow
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Who was the first to fly a plane over the North Pole?
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Black and white imgae of Billy Gawronski, a white man in a suit with short, slicked back hair
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How an author used the Polar Archives in Ohio to write about an Antarctic stowaway
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A black and white photo of a group of men in suits sitting around a table with many documents strewn about.
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How did a polar center come to be located in Ohio?
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black and white photo of soldiers from WW1 walking on a path lined by trees
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Why are there World War I photos in the Polar Archives?
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Drifting snow practically covers building in Antarctica.
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Where is the windiest desert on Earth?

Featured

  • News
  • Symposia
    • 2019 | Women in Antarctica
      • Overview
      • Speakers
        • Mary R. Albert
        • Rosie Askin
        • Jessie L. Crain
        • Melisa A. Diaz
        • Kelly Falkner
        • Jill Ferris
        • Gretchen Hofmann
        • Liz Kauffman
        • Carol Landis
        • Amy Leventer
        • Lindsey McIntosh-Lin
        • Eileen R. McSaveney
        • Ellen Mosley-Thompson
        • Julie Mueller
        • Julie Palais
        • Claire Parkinson
        • Marilyn Raphael
        • Morgan Seag
        • Amelia Shevenell
        • Terry Tickhill Terrell
        • Pamela Theodotou
        • Karen R Tupek
        • Kathy Welch
        • Terry Wilson
      • Videos
    • 2021 | NT4OP (New Tools for Old Problems)
    • 2021 | WAMC/YOPP-SH (Year of Polar Prediction)
    • 2022 | Climate Change Research at Ohio State
  • Use Our Science
    • ArcticDEM | Arctic Elevation Change
    • FARM | Field Application Resource Monitor
    • FEVer | Fluid Earth Viewer
    • GRRATS | Global River Radar Altimetry Time Series
    • HYDRO | Ohio Hydrologic and Climate Assessment
    • REMA | Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica
  • Live Weather and Roof-top Camera
  • History Corner
    • Antarctic Snow Cruiser
    • Byrd expedition ghostwriter
    • First all-woman team in Antarctica
    • Flag Creator
    • Food and Dining of Antarctic Explorers
    • Henry Brecher
    • Schoolchildren and Byrd's Expeditions
    • Women Need Not Apply
  • Opportunities for Students
    • Climathon
    • Course Offerings
    • Solve Climate by 2030
    • Job and Volunteer Opportunities

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