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Alone on the Ice | Article

Charles Murphy

Charles Murphy, the CBS correspondent who accompanied Byrd on his second Antarctic expedition played a major role in crafting the public persona of Richard Byrd.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Floyd Bennett

Floyd Bennett was also a history-making aviator, though there is evidence that he tried to shrug off the label.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Joseph Hill

Joseph Hill, mechanic on Byrd's Antarctica Expedition, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Eugene Rodgers

Journalist Eugene Rogers was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Bess Balchen Urbahn

Bess Balchen Urbahn, former wife of Bernt Balchen, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Bolling Byrd Clarke

Bolling Byrd Clarke, daughter of Richard E. Byrd, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Raimond Goerler

Raimond Goerler, Archivist of the Byrd Polar Center Archives at Ohio State University, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Lisle Rose

Lisle Rose, Historian and author of "Explorer: The Life of Richard Byrd", was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Stevenson Corey

Stevenson Corey, member of the Antarctica Expedition, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Alone on the Ice | Article

Norman Vaughan

Norman Vaughan, dogsled driver and member of Byrd's Antarctica Expedition, was interviewed in 1998 for the documentary Alone on the Ice.

Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | Article

The Elements of Steel

Iron is the main ingredient in various forms of iron and steel, but the various types of metals contain other elements as well.

Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | Article

Curator Interview

Mike Sarna is the curator of the Pioneer Zephyr exhibit, which displays a restored streamliner train at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.