Carl Ben Eielson proved Alaska could be crossed by air, flew the first trans-Arctic flight in 1928, and died on a Bering Sea rescue mission in 1929 at age 32.
Carl Ben Eielson pioneered Alaska aviation in the 1920s, flew the first transarctic flight in 1928, and died on a November 1929 mercy mission to a fur-trading ship locked in Siberian pack ice.