Word: igloos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Igloo (Universal) is the latest of many epics showing the prolonged death-grip of Man and remorseless Nature. Nanook of the North did it in 1922. Grass did it in 1925 for the nomads of central Asia, The Silent Enemy for the Amerindian in 1930. Grass was a symphonic study in time, space, herds and mountains. The Silent Enemy used a plot, a love triangle. Igloo follows the evolved formula of love against a landscape. Otherwise it is an unrelieved stagger through snow...
Admiral Byrd last week ordered an epitaph for his terrier Igloo, with whom he flew over both poles and who is now buried at Dedham, Mass.: "Igloo?He Was More Than A Friend...
...Died. Igloo, 6, fox terrier, pet and mascot of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on polar expeditions; of indigestion; in Boston, Mass., after three veterinaries had sought to save his life. Admiral Byrd, lecturing in Springfield, Ill., canceled an engagement, rushed to Chicago to charter an airplane. But Death had come to Igloo. In Memphis, Tenn., continuing his tour, Admiral Byrd declined the offer of another dog. Said he: "Igloo cannot be replaced...
...carved in laundry soap. A 6th-grader wrote: "I am happy to have the opportunity to write to the man who explored the South Pole. I have seen the pictures of your adventures in the cold blizzards. ... In those pictures of your expeditions, I liked best where you dressed Igloo your dog, in that sweater and shoes. Next I liked where you dropped the flag at the South Pole. I really think it all was wonderful...
...Bide-a-Wee Home for Animals (Manhattan) announced it would award its medal for persons "who have rendered distinguished service in protecting animals" to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd in recognition of his devotion to his terrier Igloo...