Video in the News: Polar Explorer Richard Byrd

What's This? SHARE Digg StumbleUpon Reddit RELATED Is Rise in Tourism Helping Antarctica or Hurting It? "Singing" Iceberg Recorded in Antarctica Video in the News: Huge Iceberg Crumbles Off Antarctica December 7, 2005—U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Byrd made aviation history on November 29, 1929, when he and his crew became the first to fly over the South Pole. Learn how Byrd navigated the frigid and mostly unmapped expanses of Antarctica—without a compass—to wing his way into the record books. MOST VIEWED NEWS APOCALYPSE PICTURES: 10 Failed Doomsday Prophecies PICTURES: "Extraordinary" Ancient Skeletons Found RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale NEWS FEEDS      Get our news delivered directly to your desktop—free. How to Use XML or RSS