Louise Arner Boyd (1887 - 1972)

Born 16 Sep 1887 in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States

Died 14 Sep 1972 at age 84 in San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

Louise Boyd is Notable.

• Noted (female) arctic explorer
• d/o John Franklin Boyd & Louise Cook Arner^[1]
• 1920 inherited parents fortune and presidency of Boyd Investment Company^[2]
• traveled with friend, Sadie Pratt, widow of Gen. C. Pratt, after inheriting
• 1926 set out on a charter to sail the arctic^[2]
• Photographs of her arctic trip became scientific resources
• 1928 re-chartered the same ship to sail the arctic again but ended up lending its services to the search for missing sailors - hiring extra pilots for the search - and taking photos all along the way.^[2]
• 1931 chartered another ship for a scientific expedition into the arctic - taking photogramatry photos that Dr. Walter A Wood, a surveyor, was later able to use to put together a map of the area she had explored.^[2]
• 1933 partnered with American Geographical Society for arctic expedition to study glaciers and chart the fjords of Greenland^[2]
  • A fjord was named after her, Louise Boydland.
• Always wore a camellia
• 1940 contacted by the US State Department to consult about Greenland
• lost the remainder of her fortune due to some bad investments but was supported by friends for the last years of her life
• Ashes were unable to be scattered over Louise Boydland as she had requested, so they were scattered over arctic Alaska, one of the last places she had visited.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Louise Arner Boyd, accessed 8 Nov 2016
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Chakraborty, Deblina and Sarah Dowdey. "[http://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/the-heiress-explorer-louise-boyd-and-the-arctic.htm The Heiress Explorer: Louise Boyd and the Arctic." Stuff You Missed in History Class (Podcast). 9 Apr 2012. How Stuff Works.com (web). 8 Nov 2016

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