The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition ( RARE ) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica .
6-632: Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored expedition from the United States and explored and mapped the last unknown coastline on earth and determined that the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea were not connected. The expedition included Isaac Schlossbach , as second in command, who was to have Cape Schlossbach named after him. The expedition, based out of Stonington Island
12-548: The Weddell Sea coastline and set a number of polar records. Ronne covered 3,600 miles by ski and dog sled —more than any other explorer in history. His wife Edith Ronne accompanied him on this expedition, serving as "historian and correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance ". She and the chief pilot's wife Jennie Darlington were the first women to overwinter in Antarctica. In
18-480: The 1950s, the Navy organized Operation Deepfreeze to complete the mapping of Antarctica and establish centers for scientific research. Ronne became the scientific and military leader for a U.S. Weddell Sea base . During his lifetime he wrote several books on Antarctica and many scientific papers on Antarctic research. He received three medals and numerous military awards for service, for geographical exploration and for
24-713: The South Pole, and in 1939 Ronne served as Byrd's executive officer helping discover one thousand miles of new coastline. After serving several years in the United States Navy , gaining the rank of captain, Ronne returned to Antarctica in the 1940s, with support of the American Geographical Society as the leader of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition . From 1946 to 1948 his team mapped and explored
30-823: Was a Norwegian-born U.S. citizen and Antarctic explorer. Finn Ronne was born in Horten , in Vestfold county, Norway . His father, Martin Rønne (1861–1932), was a polar explorer who served in Roald Amundsen 's successful expedition to the South Pole . Ronne received his education in engineering at Horten Technical College. In 1923 Finn Ronne immigrated to the U.S. and gained citizenship in 1929. After working at Westinghouse Electric Corporation for some years, he took part in two of Richard E. Byrd 's expeditions to
36-537: Was the first to take women to over-winter. Ronne's wife, Edith Ronne was correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance for expedition and the chief pilot Darlington took his wife. This history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Antarctica -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Finn Ronne Finn Ronne (December 20, 1899 – January 12, 1980)
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