The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the
Weddell Sea in
Antarctica.
Background
Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored expedition from the
United States and explored and mapped the last unknown coastline on earth and determined that the
Weddell Sea and the
Ross Sea were not connected. The expedition included
Isaac Schlossbach, as second in command, who was to have
Cape Schlossbach named after him. The expedition, based out of
Stonington Island was the first to take women to over-winter. Ronne's wife,
Edith Ronne was correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance for expedition and the chief pilot Darlington took his wife.