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“Commander (later Captain) Finn Ronne, USNR, led the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) of 1947-48. This was “the last large private expedition to Antarctica… Finn was Norwegian-born and educated, and already a veteran of two Antarctic expeditions, including the second Byrd expedition and the U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition…
…As soon as WWII ended, Finn began planning another expedition. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, a friend of Finn’s at the time, who lived only a block away, urged Finn to join forces with him, but Finn insisted on his own independent, private operation. Although Finn and Byrd had served together on the United States Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41, Byrd did his utmost to torpedo Finn’s plans for his independent venture. Byrd even demanded that Finn give him all of his detailed plans, which reluctantly Finn did. These were then presented as Byrd’s own plans for his own expedition; not even the wording of the proposal was changed. It seemed clear that Finn’s erstwhile friend, Admiral Byrd, had “double-crossed” him. “

Why would Byrd try to Torpedo Finn’s Antartica Expedition… ?? Trying to be a gloryhog for exploring new lands??
I actually came across the RARE expedition, as I was reading up about Rothschild’s Island.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_Island

This Finn guy helped build the Thule Airbase… then got torpedeoe’d by Byrd for financing his trip to Antarctica..
What was he looking for in Antarctica?? (yeh it’s been at least a month since I went and looked at Antarctica..)