RFWB4RFH–The caption reads: Three Transatlantic Flyers. At the left is Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who was the first to fly from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927. In the center is Commander Richard E. Byrd, who was first to fly to the Pole, and who, with Bert Acosta, Bernt Balchen, and George O. Noville, flew from New York to France, June 29-30, 1927. At the right is Clarence D. Chamberlain, who with Charles A Levine, flew from New York to Eisleben, Germany, June 4-6, 1927.
RM2K8M5YA–Colonel Bernt Balchen, Director of D.N.L. The Norwegian aviation company. Photo; Per Svensson / NTB
RF2C5NC38–Kangerlussaq Museum gives a comphrensive history of the important Cold War Sonderstrom Air Base under US and Danish control.
RM2JY44BH–Sergeant Henrich Doleman, Colonel Bernt Balchen, Ac, Captain Harold L. Strong, Ac And Sergeant Joseph D. Healey Just Before Leaving Motor Sled Camp For Beachhead Station.
RM2K8PARC–Oslo 19511105 Bernt Balchen, (23/10 1899 - 18/10 1973) Flypioner, discoveries and officer. Is considered one of the pioneers in polar flights. The first to flew over the South Pole, in 1929. Officer in the 1941 American Air Force, Colonel of 1943. Director of the Norwegian Aviation Company After World War II, but back in the US Air Force in 1948. 1949 he became the first in the world to flown Over both the South and the North Pole, as he flew from Fairbanks via the North Pole to Thule, Greenland. Photo: NTB / NTB
RF2C5NC2K–Recycled from a vicious weapon to ashtray.
RM2EBD7TN–Presentation of the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators, 12:00PM. Major Robert M. White presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the X-15 aircraft at the presentation of the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators to Major White, A. Scott Crossfield and Joseph A. Walker. (L-R) Thomas Scott Crossfield and Paul Scott Crossfield (sons of A. Scott Crossfield); Joseph V. Charyk, Under Secretary of the Air Force; President Kennedy; Joseph A. Walker; Major White; Colonel Bernt Balchen (partially hidden); William E. Schramek; unidentified man; Vice Admiral Charles E. Rosendah
RF2C5NC1J–Kangerslussuaq airport - the main transport for the world's largest island,Greenland.
RM2EBD80N–Presentation of the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators, 12:00PM. Major Robert M. White presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the X-15 aircraft at the presentation of the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators to Major White, A. Scott Crossfield and Joseph A. Walker. (L-R) Thomas Scott Crossfield and Paul Scott Crossfield (sons of A. Scott Crossfield); Joseph V. Charyk, Under Secretary of the Air Force; President Kennedy; A. Scott Crossfield; Joseph A. Walker; Alexander P. de Seversky; Major White; Colonel Ansel E. Talbert; Colonel Bernt Balchen; William E. Schram
RF2C5NC2F–Painted stones against a colourful hedge of arctic flora.
RM2EBD7X3–Presentation of the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy presents the 1961 Harmon International Trophy for Aviators to A. Scott Crossfield, Joseph A. Walker, and Major Robert M. White. (L-R) Harrison A. Storms; Thomas Scott Crossfield and Paul Scott Crossfield (sons of A. Scott Crossfield); Joseph V. Charyk, Under Secretary of the Air Force; President Kennedy; Joseph A. Walker; Major Alexander P. de Seversky; Major Robert M. White; Colonel Ansel E. Talbert; Colonel Bernt Balchen; William E. Schramek; unidentified man. Fish Room, White House, Washing
RF2C5NC3J–Colourful rock painting of Inuit mother and child and musk ox on a remote hillside above Kangerlussaq airfield.
RF2C5NC3R–Colourful rock painting of Inuit mother and child and musk ox on a remote hillside above Kangerlussaq airfield.
RF2C5NC3C–Sonderstrom Air Base church where the US military worshipped.
RF2C5NC34–Follow these signs to into the wilderness to see musk oxen and flora and fauna and get lost!