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'''Stuart Douglas Lansing Paine''' (October 18, 1910<ref name="Yale">{{cite book|author=Yale University. Class of 1894|title=Quarter-century record, class of 1894 Yale College|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NEs3v-YlUr4C&pg=PA327|accessdate=2 August 2011|year=1922|publisher=Printed for the class under the direction of the Class Secretaries Bureau|pages=330}}</ref>-March 13, 1961<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | title=Stuart Paine, 50, Exporer, is Dead | work=[[New York Times]] | date=March 16, 1961 | accessdate=August |
'''Stuart Douglas Lansing Paine''' (October 18, 1910<ref name="Yale">{{cite book|author=Yale University. Class of 1894|title=Quarter-century record, class of 1894 Yale College|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NEs3v-YlUr4C&pg=PA327|accessdate=2 August 2011|year=1922|publisher=Printed for the class under the direction of the Class Secretaries Bureau|pages=330}}</ref>-March 13, 1961<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | title=Stuart Paine, 50, Exporer, is Dead | work=[[New York Times]] | date=March 16, 1961 | accessdate=August 3, 2011 | pages=38}}</ref>) was an [[Antarctic]] explorer. |
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Paine was born in [[Durham, New Hampshire]],<ref name="NYT"/> the son of [[Ralph Delahaye Paine]], author and journalist, and Katharine Lansing Morse.<ref name="Yale"/> His older brother, [[Ralph Delahaye Paine, Jr.]], was editor and publisher of ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine and his twin brother was Philbrook Ten Eyck Paine.<ref name="Yale"/> Paine attended [[Phillips Academy]], graduating in 1929, and [[Yale University]], graduating in 1933.<ref name="NYT"/> He joined the [[United States Navy]] in 1939 and served as a naval [[attaché]] in [[Lima, Peru]] prior to US involvement in [[World War II]].<ref name="NYT"/> |
Paine was born in [[Durham, New Hampshire]],<ref name="NYT"/> the son of [[Ralph Delahaye Paine]], author and journalist, and Katharine Lansing Morse.<ref name="Yale"/> His older brother, [[Ralph Delahaye Paine, Jr.]], was editor and publisher of ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine and his twin brother was Philbrook Ten Eyck Paine.<ref name="Yale"/> Paine attended [[Phillips Academy]], graduating in 1929, and [[Yale University]], graduating in 1933.<ref name="NYT"/> He joined the [[United States Navy]] in 1939 and served as a naval [[attaché]] in [[Lima, Peru]] prior to US involvement in [[World War II]].<ref name="NYT"/> |
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He was on the second Antarctic expedition ( |
He was on the second Antarctic expedition (1933–1935) of Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]], in charge of the expedition's dog teams. The expedition traversed 1410 miles by [[dog sled]] in 88 days and came within 180 miles of the [[South Pole]]. He wrote a book about the expedition called ''The Long Whip'', and his diaries of the expedition were transcribed, annotated, and published by his daughter Merlyn Paine<ref name=" ">{{cite web | url=http://www.americanpolar.org/merlyn-paine/ | title=Merlyn Paine | publisher=[[American Polar Society]] | accessdate=August 3, 2011}}</ref> in 2007 as ''Footsteps on the Ice''.<ref name="PainePaine2007">{{cite book|author1=Stuart D. L. Paine|author2=M. L. Paine|title=Footsteps on the ice: the Antarctic diaries of Stuart D. Paine, second Byrd Expedition|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qy8n8M_34BsC|accessdate=3 August 2011|year=2007|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=9780826217417}}</ref> [[Mount Paine]] in Antarctica, discovered in 1934 by the expedition, was named for him by Byrd. Byrd also named [[Mount Durham]] after Paine's hometown. |
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Later in life he was president of a number of [[California]] manufacturing companies.<ref name="NYT"/> |
Later in life he was president of a number of [[California]] manufacturing companies.<ref name="NYT"/> |
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Revision as of 14:35, 17 September 2011
Stuart Douglas Lansing Paine (October 18, 1910[1]-March 13, 1961[2]) was an Antarctic explorer.
Paine was born in Durham, New Hampshire,[2] the son of Ralph Delahaye Paine, author and journalist, and Katharine Lansing Morse.[1] His older brother, Ralph Delahaye Paine, Jr., was editor and publisher of Fortune magazine and his twin brother was Philbrook Ten Eyck Paine.[1] Paine attended Phillips Academy, graduating in 1929, and Yale University, graduating in 1933.[2] He joined the United States Navy in 1939 and served as a naval attaché in Lima, Peru prior to US involvement in World War II.[2]
He was on the second Antarctic expedition (1933–1935) of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in charge of the expedition's dog teams. The expedition traversed 1410 miles by dog sled in 88 days and came within 180 miles of the South Pole. He wrote a book about the expedition called The Long Whip, and his diaries of the expedition were transcribed, annotated, and published by his daughter Merlyn Paine[3] in 2007 as Footsteps on the Ice.[4] Mount Paine in Antarctica, discovered in 1934 by the expedition, was named for him by Byrd. Byrd also named Mount Durham after Paine's hometown.
Later in life he was president of a number of California manufacturing companies.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Yale University. Class of 1894 (1922). Quarter-century record, class of 1894 Yale College. Printed for the class under the direction of the Class Secretaries Bureau. p. 330. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e "Stuart Paine, 50, Exporer, is Dead". New York Times. March 16, 1961. p. 38.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Merlyn Paine". American Polar Society. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Stuart D. L. Paine; M. L. Paine (2007). Footsteps on the ice: the Antarctic diaries of Stuart D. Paine, second Byrd Expedition. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826217417. Retrieved 3 August 2011.