Participated on four of Roald Amundsen's
polar expeditions, made sails, tents and trail
provisions for polar expeditions, including the tent Amundsen left at
the South Pole in December 1911, found a month later by Robert F. Scott and shown in all the famous
historic photos.
Sailmaker with Fridtjof Nansen (in Arctic) and Roald
Amundsen (Arctic and Antarctic) for 20 years
Amundsen Fram Expedition to the South Pole (1910-12)
Amundsen's Maud Arctic Expedition
through Northwest Passage (1918-20)
Amundsen's Spitzbergen Expedition to fly
N24 & N25 to North Pole (1925)
Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar
Flight - readied airship Norge in Spitzbergen (1926)
Byrd Expedition I (1928-30)
Finn
Ronne (1899 - 1980) (Norwegian-American; Capt. USNR)
Made many polar trips; led expeditions, including
his own expedition, one of only three private American expeditions to the
Antarctic in the
exploring age (the other two were led by wealthy men). Member of
Board of Directors of The Explorers Club; awarded their Gold Explorers
Medal. Professional writer and lecturer.
Byrd Expedition II (1933-35)
U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-41)
US Navy in Greenland; sited Thule Air
Force Base (1946)
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(1946-48)
U.S. IGY Antarctic Expedition - Ellsworth
Station: Scientific and Military Leader (1956-57)
Spitzbergen (Svalbard) and Bear Island, Arctic (1962
& 1963)
Lindblad First Tourist Cruise to
Antarctica (1965)
The first American woman to set foot on
Antarctica, first woman to winter over, first working expedition member
and part of first couple at South Pole; Ronne Ice Shelf is named for her.
President of the Society of Woman Geographers ('78 - '81), fellow of The
Explorers Club and member of the Antarctican Society. Professional
writer and lecturer.
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(1946-48)
Argentinean-led Private Cruise to
Antarctic (1957)
Spitzbergen (Svalbard) and Bear Island, Arctic (1962)
