Lincoln Ellsworth
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Lincoln Ellsworth
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May 12, 1880 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | May 26, 1951 (aged 71) New York City, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | exploration |
| Parent(s) | James Ellsworth Eva Frances Butler |
Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History.
He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois. He also lived in Hudson, Ohio as a child and attended Western Reserve Academy.
Lincoln Ellsworth's father, James, a wealthy coal man from the United States, spent US$100,000 to fund Roald Amundsen's 1925 attempt to fly from Svalbard to the North Pole. Two Dornier Wal flying boats, the N24 and N25, attempted to reach the North Pole on May 21. When one airplane lost power both made forced landings and, as a result, became separated. It took 3 days for the crews to regroup and 7 take off attempts before they were able to return N25 to the air 28 days later. Ellsworth senior died in Italy on June 2, 1925 while waiting for news of his lost son.
In early March 1926, under the headline "Across the Pole by Dirigible," the New York Times announced the Amundsen-Ellsworth Expedition. A long article in the same edition (by Fitzhugh Green, one of Byrd's navy colleagues) was headed "Massed Attack On Polar Region Begins Soon." Ellsworth accompanied Amundsen on his second effort to fly over the Pole in the airship Norge, designed and piloted by the Italian engineer Umberto Nobile, in a flight from Svalbard to Alaska. On May 12, the Geographic North Pole was sighted.
Ellsworth made four expeditions to Antarctica between 1933 and 1939, using as his aircraft transporter and base a former Norwegian herring boat that he named Wyatt Earp after his hero.
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