Isaac Schlossbach

Isaac "Ike" Schlossbach
Ike Schlossbach warming up the Waco, Spring 1938
Ike Schlossbach warming up the Waco, Spring 1938
Born(1891-08-20)August 20, 1891
DiedAugust 1, 1984(1984-08-01) (aged 92)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPolar explorer

Isaac "Ike" Schlossbach (c. August 20, 1891 – August 1984) was an American polar explorer, submariner and aviation pioneer.

He was born in Bradley Beach, New Jersey and raised in Neptune Township, New Jersey where he attended Neptune High School.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Neptune and Neptune City: A brief history", Asbury Park Press, January 17, 2002. Accessed September 24, 2007. "After World War II, the Asbury Park Air Terminal, later known as the Gibson Air Academy, is founded by one of Neptune's most famous residents, Lt. Cmdr. Isaac Schlossbach, who explored the Arctic three times and the Antarctic nine times with Adm. Richard E. Byrd."
  2. ^ Summer Newsletter Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Bradley Beach Public Library, Summer 2003. Accessed September 24, 2007. "Ike graduated from Neptune High School and then, in 1915, graduated from the Naval Academy."