Upon return to New York City, he rode down Broadway with his master showered with ticker tape and later presented to President Herbert Hoover at the White House. The dog had to be specially dressed for the polar blizzards. The terrier became his constant companion and accompanied Byrd on his first Antarctic expedition in 1928 where he received the moniker "Igloo" and the nickname "Iggy." Byrd named the Arctic base "Little America" and the terrier was his companion during solitude while holed up during the grueling Antarctic winter when he wrote two published accounts detailing the hardships and successes of the endeavor. The animal was a stray found by a friend of famous explorer Rear Admiral Byrd who beseeched him to give the animal a home knowing he loved dogs. He was an ordinary Wire Fox Terrier who performed no tricks, heroic deeds, nor appeared in any movies and could have been any ordinary canine owned by any American youngster. His explorations accounted for the discovery of hundreds of thousands of square miles of territory which were claimed for the United States. Other medals: the Congressional Medal of Honor, Congressional Life Saving Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Flying Cross, and the Navy Cross. During the five expeditionary trips Admiral Richard Byrd and his party made to the North Pole for the purposes of exploration and map making, he became an international hero, and during his lifetime received numerous awards: 22 citations and special commendations, 9 were for bravery and 2 for extraordinary heroism in saving the lives of others. Igloo (Iggy), Pet, Mascot Polar Expeditions.
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