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| Keywords: Fokker Universal Byrd Expedition Antarctica 1929.jpg A Fokker Super Universal aircraft NC 4453 The Virginia of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition at the Little America base camp Pioneer Bernt Balchen is kneeling in front of the plane with a sled dog On 7 March 1929 Bernt Balchen Lt Harold June and geologist Laurence McKinley Gould landed with this aircraft near the Rockefeller Mountains to conduct a geological survey However during the evening of 14 March a huge gust of wind ripped the plane from its moorings and blew it for 700 m before it crashed on the ice The crew was rescued a few days later LOC-image cph 3a19080 1929 Byrd Antarctic Expedition No known restrictions on publication frame removed PD-USGov Fokker Universal History of Antarctica Ski-equipped aircraft Bernt Balchen Survey aircraft | ||||
