Louise Boyd was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, and in 1955 became the first woman to fly over the North Pole.
She was born into a wealthy California family. She enjoyed many outdoor adventures with her parents and two older brothers. This instilled a love of Nature and exploration. Her brothers both died young and her parents died within a year of each other when Louise was about 33 years old. She inherited the family fortune and became the president of the Boyd Investment Company in San Francisco.
What began as a lark and sight-seeing trip in 1924, she found what was to be her life's passion. She explored and photographed the eastern shoreline of Greenland extensively. Several areas bear her name.
She aided in the search for Roald Amundsen (a Norwegian explorer) who was lost in 1928. She also aided the U.S. War Department during World War II by allowing the use of countless photographs of the Greenland coastlines aiding in the navigation of ice-infested waters.
In 1955, at the age of sixty-seven, she chartered the first private flight over the North Pole.
She was born into a wealthy California family. She enjoyed many outdoor adventures with her parents and two older brothers. This instilled a love of Nature and exploration. Her brothers both died young and her parents died within a year of each other when Louise was about 33 years old. She inherited the family fortune and became the president of the Boyd Investment Company in San Francisco.
What began as a lark and sight-seeing trip in 1924, she found what was to be her life's passion. She explored and photographed the eastern shoreline of Greenland extensively. Several areas bear her name.
She aided in the search for Roald Amundsen (a Norwegian explorer) who was lost in 1928. She also aided the U.S. War Department during World War II by allowing the use of countless photographs of the Greenland coastlines aiding in the navigation of ice-infested waters.
In 1955, at the age of sixty-seven, she chartered the first private flight over the North Pole.
Louise Boyd was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, and in 1955 became the first woman to fly over the North Pole.
She was born into a wealthy California family. She enjoyed many outdoor adventures with her parents and two older brothers. This instilled a love of Nature and exploration. Her brothers both died young and her parents died within a year of each other when Louise was about 33 years old. She inherited the family fortune and became the president of the Boyd Investment Company in San Francisco.
What began as a lark and sight-seeing trip in 1924, she found what was to be her life's passion. She explored and photographed the eastern shoreline of Greenland extensively. Several areas bear her name.
She aided in the search for Roald Amundsen (a Norwegian explorer) who was lost in 1928. She also aided the U.S. War Department during World War II by allowing the use of countless photographs of the Greenland coastlines aiding in the navigation of ice-infested waters.
In 1955, at the age of sixty-seven, she chartered the first private flight over the North Pole.
She was born into a wealthy California family. She enjoyed many outdoor adventures with her parents and two older brothers. This instilled a love of Nature and exploration. Her brothers both died young and her parents died within a year of each other when Louise was about 33 years old. She inherited the family fortune and became the president of the Boyd Investment Company in San Francisco.
What began as a lark and sight-seeing trip in 1924, she found what was to be her life's passion. She explored and photographed the eastern shoreline of Greenland extensively. Several areas bear her name.
She aided in the search for Roald Amundsen (a Norwegian explorer) who was lost in 1928. She also aided the U.S. War Department during World War II by allowing the use of countless photographs of the Greenland coastlines aiding in the navigation of ice-infested waters.
In 1955, at the age of sixty-seven, she chartered the first private flight over the North Pole.
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