Early days of flight . An old press portrait of American explorer Richard E Byrd (1888-1957) & Naval aviator Floyd Bennett (1890-1928) the first men to fly across the North Pole (in 1926). Their claim to have reached the pole is disputed by some historians. Byrd is credited with discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctic

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