Byrd Bust at McMurdo

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Byrd statue McMurdo


RICHARD EVELYN BYRD
REAR ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY
OCTOBER 25, 1888 - MARCH 11, 1957

I AM HOPEFUL THAT ANTARCTICA IN ITS SYMBOLIC
ROBE OF WHITE WILL SHINE FORTH AS A CONTINENT
OF PEACE AS NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER THERE
IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE SET AN EXAMPLE OF
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

TO ALL WHO FOLLOW IN ADMIRAL BYRDS FOOTSTEPS
THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY



Photo; © Mike Usher - Pictures from an icebreaker cruise to Eastern Antarctica.