Isaac Schlossbach
Isaac "Ike" Schlossbach | |
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Born | |
Died | August 1, 1984 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Polar explorer |
Isaac "Ike" Schlossbach (c. August 20, 1891 – August 1984) was an American polar explorer, submariner and aviation pioneer.
He was born in Bradley Beach, New Jersey and raised in Neptune Township, New Jersey where he attended Neptune High School.[1][2]
Military career
In 1911, Schlossbach became the first
In 1921, after the end of the war, Schlossbach joined the aviation branch of the
Schlossbach had trouble with his left eye, and the Navy assigned him to the Naval Academy, teaching engineering and aviation and coaching the football team. In 1930 at the age of 38, Lieutenant Commander Schlossbach was forced to retire from the Navy on a medical discharge when he lost his eye.
Just before U.S. entry into World War II, Schlossbach headed a small radio/meteorological team that founded the airport at Fort Chimo (Crystal I) in Labrador on 10 October 1941. Out of retirement, he further distinguished himself while assigned to Guadalcanal.
Arctic and Antarctic exploration
Schlossbach went on twelve
After
Schlossbach accompanied an Australian research expedition to Ellsworth Station Antarctica in 1955, for which he received a letter of commendation from the Australian government.
In 1956, Admiral Byrd selected Ike as his personal representative on Operation Deep Freeze. Schlossbach accompanied Byrd on several other occasions and made his last trip to the Antarctic as a consultant to the United States Navy in 1961 when he was 70 years old.
He was awarded three Congressional medals for his contributions to Antarctic exploration.
Other accomplishments
Before World War II, Schlossbach founded the
His adventures took him around the world, to the South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, South America as well as to the Arctic and Antarctica. He never married and died in 1984 at the age of 93.
Timeline
Years | Age | Activity – Location |
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1891–1911 | 0–19 | Growing up – Neptune City |
1911–1915 | 20–24 | Annapolis , Maryland
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1915–1921 | 23–29 | US Navy Submarine Service – World War I – Mediterranean Sea |
1921-192x | 30-x | Naval Aviator – Aircraft carrier USS Langley
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192x-1930 | x-38 | Faculty – United States Naval Academy |
1930–1931 | 39–40 | Nautilus – Arctic
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1932 | 40–41 | |
1933–1935 | 41–44 | Byrd's Second Antarctic Expedition – Antarctica |
1936 | 45 | Schlossbach Field |
1936–1938 | 46–47 | MacGregor Arctic Expedition Etah, Greenland |
1939–1940 | 48–50 | United States Antarctic Service Expedition (Byrd's Third Expedition) – Antarctica |
1941 | Ungava Bay Expedition – Canada | |
1942-194x | 51-x | United States Navy – World War II – Guadalcanal |
1946–1948 | 55–57 | Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition – Antarctica |
1949–1954 | 58–63 | Asbury Park Air Terminal
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1955 | 64 | Australian National Research Expedition – Antarctica |
1956–1957 | 65–66 | Operation Deep Freeze I – Antarctica |
1957–1958 | International Weddell Sea Expedition – Antarctica | |
1957–1958 | 66–67 | International Geophysical Year (Operation Deep Freeze II) – Antarctica |
1958–1959 | 68–69 | Operation Deep Freeze – Antarctica |
1960–1961 | 70 | Consultant to US Navy in Antarctica (Operation Deep Freeze V) – Antarctica |
1962–1984 | 71–93 | Retirement |
References
- ^ "Neptune and Neptune City: A brief history", Asbury Park Press, January 17, 2002. Accessed September 24, 2007. "After World War II, the Asbury Park Air Terminal, later known as the Gibson Air Academy, is founded by one of Neptune's most famous residents, Lt. Cmdr. Isaac Schlossbach, who explored the Arctic three times and the Antarctic nine times with Adm. Richard E. Byrd."
- ^ Summer Newsletter Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Bradley Beach Public Library, Summer 2003. Accessed September 24, 2007. "Ike graduated from Neptune High School and then, in 1915, graduated from the Naval Academy."
- ^ Australian Antarctic Gazetteer, Cape Schlossbach[permanent dead link]
- ^ Mount Schlossbach
- Inglis, Robert: "A Scout Goes North", 1938
- MacGregor, Clifford J.: "Monthly Weather Review", October 1939
- Goodrich, Margaret T (Peggy): "Ike's Travels" 1974
- Sallach, David L.: "NJ Historical Commission Newsletter", February 1977
- Vogel, Hal: "Ice Cap News", Nov–Dec 1977
- Vogel, Hal: "They Brought Their Own Storms", 1977
- Inglis, Robert: "Rutgers University Oral History", 1998
- Ayres, Shirley: "Bradley Beach Library, Summer Newsletter, 2003"
External links
- [1] Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Eastern New Jersey
- Nautilus (Submarine) Photograph Collection Note that his name is spelled Schlossback at one point
- Oral History, Robert Inglis
- Summer Newsletter, Bradley Beach Library