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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) Using this radio transmitter to keep in contact with his base camp, this admiral left camp on the afternoon of November 28, 1929, & flew south; around 9 hours later, he & his crew became the first to fly over the South Pole |
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His 1930 book "Little America" is an account of his flight to the South Pole |
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In December 1928 this future U.S. admiral established Little America in Antarctica |
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1995-11-07 |
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This American, the first to fly over the North Pole, traveled to the Philippines by himself at age 12 |
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Edsel Ford was one of the backers of his flight over the North Pole |
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Perhaps his name inspired him to be the 1st to fly over the North Pole |
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