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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen "Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: /ˈɑːmʊndsən/, US: /-məns-/; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage by sea, from 1903 to 1906, and the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911. He led the first expedition proven to have reached the North Pole in 1926. He disappeared while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia in 1928." "During the third winter, Maud was frozen in the western Bering Strait. She finally became free and the expedition sailed south, reaching Seattle, in the American Pacific Northwest in 1921 for repairs. Amundsen returned to Norway, needing to put his finances in order. He took with him two young indigenous girls, a four-year-old he adopted, Kakonita, and her companion Camilla. When Amundsen went bankrupt two years later, however, he sent the girls to be cared for by Camilla's father, who lived in eastern Russia."

See also similar photo in the New-York tribune. [volume], January 15, 1922, Page 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1922-01-15/ed-... According to www.transit-verlag.de/produkt/kap-herzstein-die-geschicht..., the ten-year-old (or 11-year-old, s. norla.no/nb/books/1034-cape-heartstone-the-story-of-nita-...) Camilla Carpendale was the daughter of a Siberian mother and an Australian prospector. She was most likely Camilla Carpendale Amundsen (1909-1974) www.findagrave.com/memorial/134109355/

Per a Norwegian site, auto-translated: "Amundsen traveled to Norway to arrange various matters, not least the economy. With him, he had Kakonita, the four-year-old daughter of one of the natives who had helped on board, and the daughter of an Australian merchant, married a chick. The little Kakonita was motherless, and nine-year-old Camilla was going to be her friend; Amundsen's opinion was to give them a better start in life in Norway. The girls had their schooling in Svartskog for several years before being sent back to their home country. They both ended up with Camilla's family, who later moved to Seattle with them." nbl.snl.no/Roald_Amundsen

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Byrd

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swanq: Thanks. We will add more details to the Byrd descriptions next time we update.

See Evening Star. May 10, 1931, Image 96 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1931-05-10/ed-... for pictures of this event. 'Miss Patricia Morton, as “Queen Shenandoah VIII.” is escorted from her throne by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.' at the 'eighth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, on the steps of Handley Stadium at Winchester, Va.' Evening Star. May 06, 1931, Page B-1, Image 17 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1931-05-06/ed-... implies that the ceremony was on Wednesday May 6, 1931. However, the Evening Star. May 04, 1931, Page B-4, Image 20 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1931-05-04/ed-... has a schedule that says the coronation of Queen Shenandoah VIII was to be at 3pm on Tuesday, which would be May 5, 1931

Byrd: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/46789611875/ www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/30985255094/

Thanks for the links swanq . I located a pretty thorough description of the festivities. The coronation would have been on May 5th, but festival also covered the 6th and ended with a evening ball. Byrd, who was born in Winchester, was very famous at this point so it's not surprising there are lots of people gathered to see the festival.