Thurston Island References Thurston Island island, Antarctica Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Richard E. Byrd/ Antarctic expeditionsByrd’s discovery of Thurston Island greatly decreased the length of unexplored coast of the continent. Read MoreByrd’s discovery of Thurston Island greatly decreased the length of unexplored coast of the continent. Read More