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3 unusual facts about Little America


Sinclair Oil Corporation

Sinclair Oil Company also owns and operates Grand America Hotels and Resorts, which has hotel properties in Salt Lake City, Utah; Flagstaff, Arizona; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Little America, Wyoming; and San Diego, California, in addition to the Sun Valley and Snowbasin resorts.

Tinglof Peninsula

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ivor Tinglof, tractor mechanic of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1933-35, who built at Little America the first heavy cargo sleds for use in the Antarctic.

Van Loon Glacier

It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for meteorologist Harry van Loon, a member of the Antarctic Weather Central team at Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf 1957-58, who has written numerous scientific papers dealing with Antarctic and southern hemisphere atmospheric research.


Sarnoff Mountains

Named for David Sarnoff, president of RCA (Radio Corporation of America), who provided radio equipment for receiving and transmitting that was used in the field and at Little America by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35).

Skagway, Alaska

In the Three Stooges short In the Sweet Pie and Pie, Skagway receives a humorous mention: "Edam Neckties, with three convenient locations: Skagway, Alaska; Little America; and Pago Pago."


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