Background
Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne (1861–1932), was a polar explorer and served in Roald Amundsen"s successful expedition to the South Pole.
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Recounts the experiences of the twenty-one man expedition whose mission was to find out as much as possible about the geography of Antarctica.
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Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne (1861–1932), was a polar explorer and served in Roald Amundsen"s successful expedition to the South Pole.
Mechanical Engineering, naval architect, Horten Technology College, 1922.
Ronne received his education in engineering at Horten Technical College. In 1923 Finn Ronne immigrated to the United States. and gained citizenship in 1929. After working at Westinghouse Electric Corporation for some years, he took part in two of Richard East. Byrd"s expeditions to 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.
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition from 1946 to 1948 mapped and explored 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.
She and the chief pilot"s wife Jennie Darlington were the first women to overwinter in Antarctica. In 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 United States. Weddell Sea base.
During his lifetime he wrote several books on Antarctica and many scientific papers on Antarctic research. He was awarded the Saint Olav"s Medal by the King of Norway. At his death in 1980, in Bethesda, Maryland, Ronne was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.
This text is based on the Biography: Captain Finn Ronne.
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Member Admiral Byrd’s 2d Antarctic Expedition, 1933-1935. Member of executive board National Capitol area council Boy Scouts American. Member American Geophysical Union (honorary), American Polar Society (honorary, vice president).
Clubs: Explorers (director, gold medal 1968), Adventurers (honorary) (Los Angeles).
Married Edith A. Maslin, March 18, 1944.