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True or false, Richard E. Byrd claimed to have reached both the North Pole and South Pole by air.

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True. Richard E. Byrd, a renowned American naval officer, explorer, and aviator, achieved extraordinary feats during his lifetime. He led significant expeditions to both the North Pole and South Pole, successfully reaching the geographic top and bottom of the world by air. Notably, he claimed to have conducted the first successful flight over the North Pole in 1926 and then claimed to have flown over the South Pole in 1929.
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