USAS 1939 RESEARCH REFERENCES

 

These LINKS will take you to known research sites which we have found very useful in doing our own research.

 

1. Finding Geographical Features which were named after the men of the expedition.

 

United States Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)  

 

Australian Antarctic Names Reference Gazette

 

British Antarctic Place-names Committee

 

2. How to access the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

 

a.    NARA Website

b.    If you go to the Archives, here is a list of important things.

 

 

3. The Byrd Polar Archives at Ohio State University

 

4. YouTube Link to film of the 1939 Byrd expedition .  This is on YouTube.com and we have supplied a link.

 

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