Continental Vision

A bust of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd stands on the deck of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic headquarters before the flags of the original Antarctic Treaty nations: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, South Africa, the U.K., and the U.S. Byrd explored much of the continent between 1922 and his death in 1957, and his vision is engraved on the memorial: “I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace, as nations working together there in the cause of science set an example of international cooperation.”(Photo by Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)