newspaper accounts given 1
and Nobile rescue attempt 1, 2, 3, 4
and North Pole expedition 1
opinion of Nobile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
patriotism of 1, 2
provides assistance to Byrd 1
reaches North Pole 1
recruits Nobile 1
reputation of 1, 2, 3, 4
and return of Byrd and Bennett 1
‘sense of humour’ of 1
stress of 1, 2
and Wilkins banquet 1
will power of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions INITIAL
aircraft for 1, 2, 3
becomes stranded 1
communications equipment 1, 2
failure of 1
food supplies 1, 2
funding for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
navigation equipment 1
planning of 1
recruitment for 1
rescue of 1
‘secret intention’ of 1
sets sail 1
support party 1
takes flight 1, 2
technical crew 1
SECOND
airships for 1, 2, 3
flight to the Pole 1
funding for 1, 2, 3
reaches North Pole 1
Annapolis Naval Academy 1, 2, 3
‘Arctic postal service’ 1
Arnold, Major General 1
Astor, William Waldorf 1
Astor, Vincent 1, 2
Astor IV, John Jacob 1
automobile industry (US) 1
aviation birth of 1
popularity of 1, 2, 3
US industry 1, 2, 3
Balbo 1, 2, 3, 4
Balchen, Bernt admiration for Amundsen 1, 2
Antarctic expedition 1, 2, 3
appearance of 1, 2
and Bremen rescue mission 1
and Byrd’s fraud 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
deportation orders 1, 2
dropped from Norge flight 1, 2
excluded from awards 1, 2
friendship with Bennett 1,
1, 2, 3
health of 1
joins Byrd’s team 1, 2
joins Ellsworth’s team 1
and meeting of Amundsen and Byrd 1
meets King of Norway 1
memoirs of 1
in Paris 1
provides assistance to Byrd 1, 2
reaches North Pole 1, 2
relationship with Byrd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
retires from Air Force 1
and return of Byrd and Bennett 1
test flights 1, 2
tours US 1, 2
and trans-Antarctic expedition 1, 2, 3
and transatlantic flight 1
US citizenship 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and World War II 1
Balchen, Bess 1, 2, 3
Balchen, Lillegut 1
Bartlett, Captain 1, 2, 3, 4
Bay of Whales (Antarctica) 1, 2, 3
BBC TV 1, 2
Bear (ship) 1
Behounek, Dr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Belgica (ship) 1
Bennett, Floyd aborted take-off 1
Antarctic expedition 1
and Bremen rescue mission 1
crash landing 1
death of 1
fraud of 1, 2, 3
friendship with Balchen 1, 2, 3, 4
health of 1, 2, 3
joins Byrd’s team 1
‘reaches North Pole’ 1
relationship with Byrd 1
returns to Kings Bay 1
returns to New York 1
takes off from Kings Bay 1
test flights 1, 2, 3
tours US 1
and transatlantic flight 1
Best, Stanley 1
Biagi 1, 2, 3
Biltmore Hotel (Manhattan) 1, 2
Bleriot, Louis 1, 2
Bolling Advance Weather Base 1, 2
Bolshevism 1, 2
Bowdain (ship) 1, 2, 3
Braathen, Chris 1, 2
Bremen (monoplane) 1, 2, 3
Bureau of Aeronautics 1, 2
Bureau of Naval Personnel (Washington) 1
Bureau of Navigation 1
Byrd, Harry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Byrd, Marie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Byrd, Admiral Richard ambition of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
anxiety of 1, 2, 3
Antarctic expeditions INITIAL
advice on 1, 2
aircraft for 1, 2
base established 1
funding for 1, 2
planning of 1, 2, 3
reaches South Pole 1
recruitment for 1
sets sail 1
takes off 1
tension among crew 1
SECOND
base camp established 1
funding for 1, 2
meteorological stations established 1
sets sail 1
success of 1
appearance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Arctic expedition aborted start 1
aircraft for 1
arrives at Kings Bay 1
funding for 1
media entourage 1, 2, 3
‘reaches the North Pole’ 1
returns to Kings Bay 1
takes flight 1
awarded Congressional Medal of Honor 1
awarded Distinguished Flying Cross 1, 2
background of 1, 2, 3
at Bolling Advance Weather Base 1, 2
and Bremen rescue mission 1
carbon monoxide poisoning 1, 2
crash landing 1
courage of 1
death of 1
and enlightenment 1, 2
and fame 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 fraud of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
funeral of 1
and gymnastics 1, 2
heroic status of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
house of 1
influence of 1, 2, 3, 4
inventions of 1, 2, 3, 4
leadership of 1, 2, 3
limp of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
marriage to Marie 1
meets Amundsen 1
Nova Scotia posting 1, 2
paranoia of 1, 2, 3
public relations skills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
rafts aircraft ashore 1
‘reaches North Pole’ 1
recruits Balchen 1, 2
relationship with Bennett 1
relationship with Balchen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
relationship with McDonald 1, 2, 3
returns to Kings Bay 1
returns to New York 1
and self-promotion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
sends reports to Wilbur 1, 2
transatlantic flights 1, 2, 3
see also MacMillan–McDonald–Byrd Expedition
Byrd, Jnr., Richard E. 1
‘café society’ (US) 1
Camp, Walter 1, 2
Capitol building (Washington) 1
Carnegie Hall (New York) 1
carrier pigeons 1
CBS (radio network) 1
Cecioni 1, 2, 3, 4
celebrity culture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chantier (steamer) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Citroën, Andre 1
Citroën tractors 1, 2, 3
Città di Milano (ship) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
City of New York (ship) 1, 2, 3
Cleveland Tractor Company 1
Coman, Dana 1
Commission of Inquiry (Rome) 1, 2
consumer culture 1, 2, 3
Cook, Frederick 1
Coolidge, President Calvin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Corriere della Sera (Italian newspaper) 1
‘cosmic law’ 1, 2
Courtauld, August 1
Crocker Land 1, 2
Crowhurst, Donald 1
Curtiss seaplanes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Czegka, Victor 1
Daniels, Naval Secretary 1
Deception Island (Antarctica) 1
Denby, Edwin 1
&n
bsp; Dietrichson, Lief 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Dornier Aircraft Company 1
Dornier Wal amphibians 1, 2
Drake, Francis 1
Drottningholm (liner) 1
Earhart, Amelia 1
Earp, Wyatt 1, 2
Eckener, Professor Hugo 1, 2, 3, 4
economy (US) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Eleanor Bolling (steel freighter) 1, 2
Ellsworth, Clare 1, 2
Ellsworth, Lincoln admiration for Amundsen 1, 2
ambition of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
appearance of 1, 2
and ‘Arctic postal service’ 1
arrives in Seattle 1
crash lands 1, 2, 3
despondency of 1
fitness of 1
funds expeditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
inheritance of 1, 2
meets Amundsen 1
memoirs of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
newspaper accounts given 1
opinion of Nobile 1, 2
public recognition for 1
reaches North Pole 1
relationship with father 1, 2, 3
rescues Dietrichson and Omdal 1
and trans-Antarctic expedition 1, 2, 3
see also Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions
Ellsworth, James W. 1, 2, 3, 4
E. P. Dutton (publisher) 1
Ernpey, Guy 1
Etah 1, 2, 3, 4
Fairbanks (Alaska) 1, 2
Fairchild (ship) 1
Farley, James 1
Farm (yacht) 1
Federal Reserve Board (US) 1
Federal War Shipping Board (US) 1
Feucht 1, 2
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1, 2, 3
Flagler Fjord 1
Floyd Bennett (tri-motor plane) 1, 2, 3
Flying Corps (US) 1
Foch, Marechal 1
Fokker, Tony 1, 2, 3, 4
Fokker aircraft 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Ford, Corey 1
Ford, Edsel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Ford, Henry 1, 2, 3
Ford, Jo 1, 2
Ford Motor Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Foyn Island 1, 2
Franklin, Sir John 1
General Foods 1
General Motors 1
Gibbs, Woolcott 1
Golden Globe race 1
Gould, Dr Lawrence 1, 2, 3, 4
Graf Zeppelin (airship) 1, 2
Grand Hotel (Oslo) 1, 2
Great Depression 1, 2
Greenly Island 1
Guggenheim Foundation 1
Haakon, King of Norway 1, 2, 3, 4
Hammer, Mr 1, 2
Harding, President Warren 1, 2, 3
Hardwick, Senator 1
Heimdal (ship) 1, 2, 3, 4
Henson, Matt 1
Herald Tribune (newspaper) 1
Hill, George Washington 1
Hitler, Adolf 1
Hoare, Sir Samuel 1
Hobby (ship) 1, 2
Hoover, President Herbert 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Hoovervilles’ 1
Huenefeld, Baron von 1
Italia (airship) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Italian Geographical Society 1
Jacob Ruppert (ship) 1
jazz music 1, 2, 3, 4
Jo Ford (tri-motor plane) aborted take-off 1
becomes an icon 1
engine leak 1
naming of 1
navigational instruments 1
overtakes Norge 1
rafted ashore 1
‘reaches North Pole’ 1
returns to Kings Bay 1
speed of 1, 2
takes flight 1
test flights 1, 2
US tour 1, 2
J.P. Morgan (financial services company) 1
Julian, Hubert Fauntleroy 1
June, Harold 1
Keedick, Lee 1, 2, 3
Keedick Associates Inc. 1
Kellet Corporation 1
Kings Bay (Spitsbergen) base constructed at 1, 2, 3
climate of 1, 2
landscape of 1, 2, 3
national rivalry at 1
and Arctic expedition plans 1
Kitty Hawk 1
Knickerbocker, Cholly 1
Krassin (ice-breaker) 1, 2, 3
Ku Klux Klan 1, 2
Larsen (whaling ship) 1
Latham amphibian (seaplane) 1
Le Pas (Canada) 1
Leviathan (ship) 1
Liljequist, Gosta 1, 2
Lindbergh, Charles A 1, 2
Little America (base camp) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Liv Glacier 1
Loening flying boats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Löwenstein-Wertheim, Princess 1
Lucky Strike (cigarette brand) 1, 2
Lundborg 1
Mackay, Elsie 1
MacMillan, Professor 1, 2
MacMillan–McDonald–Byrd Expedition aircraft lost 1, 2
funding for 1, 2, 3
planning of 1
radio communications for 1, 2
recruitment for 1
‘rescue plan’ of 1
sails for home 1
sets sail 1
ships for 1
Macrae, Elliot 1
Maddalena, Captain 1, 2
Malgren, Dr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Malyghin (ice-breaker) 1
Mariano 1, 2, 3
Marie Byrd Land 213
mass media 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Maude (ship) 1
Mayflower (steam yacht) 1
McDonald Jnr., E. F. 1, 2
see also MacMillan–McDonald–Byrd Expedition
McKinley, Captain 1
Mellon, Andrew 1
Mitchell, General 1
Mooney, Dr James 1
Murphy, Charles J. V. 1, 2, 3
Mussolini, Benito 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Nansen, Fridtjof 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
National Geographic Magazine 1
National Geographic Society (US) 1, 2, 3, 4
Nautilus (submarine) 1
‘Navicator’ (direction-finding device) 1, 2
navigation instruments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
New Deal (US) 1
New York 1, 2, 3
New York Herald Tribune (newspaper) 1
New York Times (newspaper) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
New Yorker (magazine) 1
Newsweek (magazine) 1
Nobile, Carlotta 1, 2
Nobile, Maria 1, 2, 3
Nobile, General Umberto admiration for Mussolini 1, 2, 3
ambition of 1
appearance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
arrives at Kings Bay 1, 2
arrives in Seattle 1
arrogance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Communism 1
crash lands 1
disgraced 1, 2, 3
erratic nature of 1, 2, 3, 4
heroic status of 1
Italia expedition 1, 2
joins Amundsen’s team 1
newspaper accounts given 1, 2
papal mission 1, 2, 3
pilots the Norge 1
reputation of 1, 2
rescued 1, 2
reunited with Ellsworth 1
speaking tour of US 1
stranded on the ice 1, 2, 3
see also Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions
Nome (Alaska) 1
Nordenskjölds, Baren 1
Norge (airship) arrives at Kings Bay 1
capacity of 1
crew of 1, 2, 3
flight to the Pole 1
at Leningrad 1, 2
naming of 1
prepares to take off 1, 2
reaches North Pole 1
repairs to 1
shipped back to Italy 1
speed of 1
takes flight 1
Norway 1, 2, 3
Norwegian Geographical Society 1
Omaha Beach 1
Omdal, 1, 2
Orteig, Raymond 1, 2
Orteig Prize 1, 2
Owen,
Russell 1
Pacific Quadrant (Antarctica) 1, 2
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1
Paley, William S. 1
Palmer, Attorney General 1
Pan American Airways 1
Pearson, Drew 1
Peary, Admiral 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Peary (ship) 1, 2, 3, 4
Picardy (Royal Mail ship) 1
Point Barrow 1, 2, 3
Polar Star (monoplane) 1, 2
Pool, Beekman H. 1
Pope Pius XI 1, 2, 3
Poulter, Dr 1, 2, 3
Prohibition (US) 1, 2, 3
prosperity (US) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
public relations 1
‘quadricycle’ 1
Queen Maud mountains 1, 2
Quota Act (1921) 1
race riots (US) 1, 2
‘race to the Pole’ media event 1, 2, 3, 4
radio communication 1, 2
Ramm 1
‘rated capacity’ 1
Readers Digest (magazine) 1
‘Red Scare’ (US) 1, 2
Richard the Third (Curtiss Oriole) 1
Richmond 1
Riiser-Larsen, Hjalmar and airships 1
constructs ice runway 1
extracts Feucht’s tooth 1
joins Amundsen’s team 1
opinion of Nobile 1, 2
restarts engines 1
reunited with Balchen 1
takes command of Norge 1, 2
see also Amundsen–Ellsworth Expeditions
‘Roaring Twenties’ 1, 2, 3, 4
Rockefeller, Jnr. John D. 1, 2, 3, 4
Rockefeller, Nelson 1
Rogers, Will 1
Romagna, Captain 1, 2, 3
Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 1, 2, 3
Ruth, Babe 1
Scott, Captain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Shackleton, Ernest 1
Skyward (autobiography) 1
Snow Hill Island 1, 2
Some Like It Hot (film) 1
Southern Cross (aircraft) 1
Spirit of St Louis (single engine plane) 1
Stavangerfjord (ship) 1
stock market crash 1, 2, 3
‘Suicide Club’ 1
Sunday Times (newspaper) 1, 2
Sverdrug, Professor 1
Sverre, Major 1, 2
technological advances 1, 2
Thommessen, Dr Rolf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Thule (Greenland) 1, 2