Louise Boyd

Louise Arner Boyd was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, who wrote extensively of her scientific expeditions. She became the first woman to fly over the North Pole in 1955, after privately chartering a DC-4 and crew that included aviation pioneers Thor Solberg and Paul Mlinar.

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Who was born first?

• Louise Boyd and Nikolai Vavilov were born the same year
• Louise Boyd was born 1 year before Richard E. Byrd
• Louise Boyd was born 1 year after Nikolay Gumilev
• Louise Boyd was born 1 year after George Mallory
• Louise Boyd was born 1 year before Hubert Wilkins

Timeline

1. George MalloryJune 18, 1886 – June 9, 1924
2. Nikolay GumilevApril 3, 1886 – August 1921
3. Louise Boyd (this page)September 16, 1887 – September 14, 1972
4. Nikolai VavilovNovember 13, 1887 – January 26, 1943
5. Hubert WilkinsOctober 31, 1888 – November 30, 1958
6. Richard E. ByrdOctober 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957

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