Conrad ‘Gus’ Shinn, first pilot to land at the South Pole, dies at 102
- Posted on June 10, 2025
- By Washington Post
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Conrad ‘Gus’ Shinn, first pilot to land at the South Pole, dies at 102

As a lieutenant commander in the Navy, he skippered a historic 1956 flight that helped fuel scientific research in Antarctica.