Harrison Finch, pilot on the Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 1, 4-6, 9-10, 19 Lowell Thomas, President of the Explorer’s Club, pp. 4 Bob Prescott, owner of the Flying Tiger line of airplanes, pp.5 Colonel Rockwell, chairman of Rockwell Manufacturing Company, pp. 5, 7 Dr. Serge Korff, Chief Scientist for the Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 6, 22-23 Sir Philip Foreman, Managing Director, Short Brothers Incorporated, pp. 24 Navy Captain Newt Laurent, head of the United States Weather Bureau, pp. 6 Loren DeGroot, scientist, pp. 6 Captain Bob Buck, pilot on the Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 9 Jim Gannett, pilot on the Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 9 John Larsen, Chief Navigator for the Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 10 Goody Lyons, Communicator (in charge of clearances) for the Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 11 Bernt Balchen, pilot for Byrd, passenger on Rockwell Arctic Flight, pp. 12-13 Peter Meskita, inertial navigation scientist, pp. 16 Dr. Burendahl, inertial navigation scientist, pp. 16 Admiral Fred Bacudas, Commanding Officer of the Antarctic, pp. 16-17 John DeMuth, Collins radio systems operator, pp. 18 Dave Saunders, Austin’s attorney, pp. 19-20 Bunny Loeb, New York Times publisher, pp. 20