In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth flew over this continent & claimed parts of it for the U.S.
... Lincoln Ellsworth: U.S.: 1925-"39 - Explored Arctic regions 
by airplane, ... Robert Evelyn Byrd: U.S.: 1926-"57 - Flew over North and South 
Poles;... [DOC] [TLE] Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, General; The United ... [PAR] However, the United States has not recognized that any claim to continental 
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