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Richard Evelyn Byrd's Fascination With The Polar Region

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Richard Evelyn Byrd was born in Virginia on October 25, 1888. He was born into a very successful family with his father a lawyer and his brother became a United States Senator. Byrd was often described as an intense person who wanted to distinguish himself through his actions. At the age of 11, Byrd traveled to the Philippines to visit a relative alone. Byrd's fascination with the polar regions was accomplished when he commanded an aviation detachment in 1924 during an expedition to Western Greenland. After several unsuccessful attempts to fly over the North Pole with the Navy, Byrd raised funds to embark on a private mission in 1926. Byrd was racing another explorer Roald Amundsen for the honor of being the first to fly over the poles. Byrd's

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