United States Antarctic Service Expedition

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The United States Antarctic Service Expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored Antarctic exploration program (1939–1941) led by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd that conducted extensive geographic and scientific surveys on the continent.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic expedition
United States government program
scientific expedition
activity aerial exploration
biological investigations
geological investigations
mapping of Antarctic coastline
meteorological observations
alsoKnownAs US Antarctic Service Expedition
USAS Expedition
commandingOfficer Richard E. Byrd
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1941
establishedResearchStation East Base
West Base
field biology
geography
geology
meteorology
polar research
followedBy Operation Highjump
fundingSource United States Congress
governmentAgencyInvolved United States Coast Guard
surface form: U.S. Coast Guard

United States Navy
surface form: U.S. Navy
leader Richard E. Byrd
location Antarctica
notableMember Finn Ronne
Paul Siple
operatedInRegion Antarctic Peninsula
Marie Byrd Land
organizedBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Antarctic Service
precededBy Byrd Antarctic Expedition II
surface form: Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
purpose Antarctic exploration
geographic surveys
scientific surveys
reasonForTermination onset of World War II
result collection of scientific data on Antarctic regions
improved maps of Antarctic coastline
sponsor United States Department of the Interior
surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior

United States government
startDate 1939
timePeriod World War II era
usedShip USMS North Star
USS Bear

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: United States Antarctic Service Expedition
Description of subject: The United States Antarctic Service Expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored Antarctic exploration program (1939–1941) led by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd that conducted extensive geographic and scientific surveys on the continent.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Jackson discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
Richard E. Byrd commanded United States Antarctic Service Expedition
Executive Committee Range discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
Bowman Coast exploredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
Sentinel Range discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
this entity surface form: United States Antarctic Service
Marie Byrd Land exploredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
this entity surface form: United States Antarctic expeditions
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) discoveredBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) discoveryExpedition United States Antarctic Service Expedition
this entity surface form: United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941)
United States Antarctic Service Expedition organizedBy United States Antarctic Service Expedition self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States Antarctic Service