History Corner | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center

A black-and-white photograph of a young Susannah Casey

Who Created the Byrd Center Flag?

What was Byrd's infamous Antarctic Snow Cruiser doing in Gomer, Ohio?

Glass enclosed exhibit containing artifacts on display in the Goldthwait Polar Library. The exhibit includes blue and white pottery as well as white documents.

How did people eat on polar expeditions?

A stack of three brown books with worn down covers. They are placed on a table in a warehouse.

What did school children think about Byrd's Antarctic expedition?

Photo from sea of Antarctica

Who was the “ghostwriter” for the Byrd Second Antarctic Expedition?

Drawing of a cow with the text "Antarctica Guernsey Iceberg"

How do you become the first milkman in Antarctica?

Admiral Byrd's Little America board game box.

Who Wanted to Play a Board Game About Antarctic Expeditions?

Rocky and Snowy landscape

Where is the Third Pole?

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.

How did the first all-woman scientific team from the United States come to work in Antarctica?

Three people bundled in thick fur coats standing outside of a plane in the snow

Who was the first to fly a plane over the North Pole?

Antarctic stowaway, Billy Gawronski.

How an author used the Polar Archives in Ohio to write about an Antarctic stowaway

Trustees sitting around a table

How did a polar center come to be located in Ohio?

black and white photo of soldiers from WW1 walking on a path lined by trees

Why are there World War I photos in the Polar Archives?

Drifting snow practically covers building in Antarctica.

Where is the windiest desert on Earth?

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