A Story of Love, Imagination and Adventure by Eleanor Byrd

My Compass and Anchor to Windward

My Compass and Anchor to Windward is the real-life story of Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his wife Marie Ames from the time they met at 8-years old until he died in 1957 recounted by their granddaughter through a collection of private letters, family stories, and archives of information.

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Admiral Richard E. Byrd Home Page

Antarctic Treaty

Antarctic Artist and Writers Collective

Amundsen Scott South Pole Station

Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University

Interactive Polar Data Maps

McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica

National Science Foundation – Office of Polar Programs

Palmer Station, Antarctic Peninsula

Point Barrow Observatory, Point Barrow, Alaska

Race to the Top: Sheldon Bart’s presentation to the Virginia Historical Society about Richard Byrd’s flight to the North Pole in 1926.

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Summit Station, Greenland

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