Herbert Hollick-Kenyon

…Ellsworth, along with Canadian copilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon completed the first transcontinental flight from November 23 to December 5, 1935. Their aerial crossing of uncharted lands and ice fields demonstrated the feasibility of aircraft landings and takeoffs for inland exploration. These early aerial operations and the extensive use of ship-based seaplanes…

…Antarctica, Ellsworth and Canadian pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon flew across the continent from the Antarctic Peninsula to the abandoned Little America base on the Ross Ice Shelf. The two, often beset by bad weather, flew for some two weeks, and their plane ran out of fuel before they got to the…