# Russell Owen

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For the fictional character, see [Russ Owen](/source/Russ_Owen).

**Russell D. Owen** (January 8, 1889 – April 3, 1952) was an American journalist employed by *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*.[1] He covered Arctic and Antarctic exploration both as a reporter and in books. [Owen Peak](/source/Owen_Peak), originally named "Mount Russell Owen," was named in his honor after having traveled as a *Times* correspondent with the first [Byrd Antarctic Expedition](/source/Byrd_Antarctic_Expedition) (1928-30).[2]

## Life

Born 1889 in Chicago, Owen worked for *[The Sun](/source/The_Sun_(New_York))* of New York City from 1906 to 1920. He and Ethel J. McGregor married in 1913. She died in 1948. They had one daughter.[1]

After short stints elsewhere, Owen moved to *The New York Times* in 1921 and returned in 1926 after two years running the General Electric news bureau.[1]

That year he covered the air race to the North Pole, flying with [Roald Amundsen](/source/Roald_Amundsen) (airship *[Norge](/source/Norge_(airship))*) as far as [Ny-Ålesund](/source/Ny-%C3%85lesund), [Svalbard](/source/Svalbard) and meeting [Richard Evelyn Byrd](/source/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd) there. (Ny-Ålesund was the northernmost point of departure for both.)

Owen joined the [First Byrd Antarctic Expedition](/source/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd#First_Antarctic_expedition,_1928–1930) of 1928–1930.[3] He submitted graphic radio dispatches that were printed in many newspapers and won the annual [Pulitzer Prize for Reporting](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Reporting) in 1930 citing the 1929 portion of that work.[4] He also appeared in the [documentary film](/source/Documentary_film) *[With Byrd at the South Pole](/source/With_Byrd_at_the_South_Pole)* (Paramount, 1930). His book about the expedition was published in 1934, entitled *South of the Sun*, and he wrote two more polar books later.[5][6][7]

## Books

- *South of the Sun* ([The John Day Company](/source/The_John_Day_Company), 1934) (some edition, ISBN 978-1432577667)
- *Antarctic Ocean* (McGraw-Hill, 1941)
- *The Conquest of the North and South Poles: adventures of the Peary and Byrd expeditions* (Random House, 1952), illustrated by [Lynd Ward](/source/Lynd_Ward)

## See also

- [List of Antarctic expeditions](/source/List_of_Antarctic_expeditions)
- [List of Arctic expeditions](/source/List_of_Arctic_expeditions)

## References

1. Brennan, Elizabeth A. & Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). [*Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners*](https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&q=russell+owen%2C+who%27s+who+of+Pulitzer+prizes&pg=PA555). Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.

1. ["Antarctica Detail"](https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=GNISPQ:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:11244). *geonames.usgs.gov*. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

1. Dunlap, David W. (2017-06-09). ["1929 | Byrd Plants a Times Flag in Antarctica (Published 2017)"](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/insider/1929-byrd-plants-a-times-flag-in-antarctica.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2020-11-08.

1. ["Reporting"](http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Reporting). The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-11.

1. Owen, Russell (1934). *South of the sun*. New York: John Day Co. [OCLC 987815](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/987815)

1. Owen, Russell & Ward, Lynd (1952). *The conquest of the North and South Poles: adventures of the Peary and Byrd Expeditions*. New York: Random House. [OCLC 183703](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183703)

1. Owen, Russell (1941). *The Antarctic ocean*. New York; London: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill Book Co. [OCLC 499340](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/499340)

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