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Rymill, John Riddoch (1905 - 1968) |
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| Born: 13 March 1905 Penola, South Australia, Australia. Died: 7 September 1968 Penola, South Australia, Australia. | |
| John Riddoch Rymill was a highly decorated polar explorer. In 1927 he moved to England to study surveying and navigation, and he also got his pilot license. Rymill's first major polar expedition was to Greenland in 1930 as surveyor and pilot with the British Arctic Air Route Expedition. He returned to Greenland several times after this and headed the 1934 British Graham Land Expedition. This proved to be one of the most successful and best organised polar expeditions of the time. The party discovered King George VI Sound (a frozen channel) and explored new areas around the Weddell Sea. The British Antarctic Territory has several places named in Rymill's honour. |
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