Kolonel Richard Evelyn Byrd adalah pengelana wilayah kutub dari Amerika Serikat dan penerbang terkenal. Ia lahir pada tanggal 25 Oktober 1888 di Winchester, Virginia. Ia menjelajahi Kutub Utara dan Kutub Selatan. Ia meninggal pada tanggal 11 Maret 1957. Gunung Byrd di pulau Ross, Antarctika dan kawah Byrd diberi nama dengan namanya.
Daftar pustaka sunting
- Time (magazine); Monday, November 8, 1926. Born. To Mrs. Marie Ames Byrd, of Winchester, Virginia, and Boston, a daughter. Mrs. Byrd is the wife of Lieut. Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, U.S.N., who flew to the North Pole and back from Spitzbergen last spring. Lieutenant Byrd's brother, Harry F. Byrd, is Governor of Virginia.
Pranala luar sunting
- . Polar Archival Program, Ohio State University. 2007. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-10-13. Diakses tanggal 2007-07-14.
- 70South - information on Richard E. Byrd 2006-01-18 di Wayback Machine.
- Richard E. Byrd's 1926 Flight Towards the North Pole
- To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925–1927.
- The Flight of the 'America' - 1927
- Richard E. Byrd 1888-1957.
- Did Richard Byrd get to the North Pole in 1926? 2006-02-08 di Wayback Machine.
- A navigation expert's look at how Byrd's claim is one possible interpretation of his diary. 2009-09-16 di Wayback Machine.
- Alone 2010-12-01 di Wayback Machine. Byrd's 1938 account of his 1934 winter at Advance Base
Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: Richard Evelyn Byrd.
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Richard E. Byrd.
- The Guided Missile Destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) 2019-02-18 di Wayback Machine.
- Papers of Admiral Richard E. Byrd 2006-04-24 di Wayback Machine.
- Burial at Arlington National Cemetery at Find-a-Grave
- The Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University
- http://www.reversespins.com/byrd.html - allegedly contains a part of Byrd's "missing" diary, describing the "mysterious events" of his Antarctic flight