Download or read book Discovery written by Richard Evelyn Byrd and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Anarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the strange land and the uncharted scientific promise it held were too much to leave behind forever. Launched during the Great Depression amid great public skepticism, and with funding at its toughest to secure, this second Antarctic journey proved as daring, eventful, and inspiring as any Byrd ever embarked upon. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.
Download or read book Beyond the Barrier written by Eugene Rodgers and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this book originally appeared in 1990, it was hailed as an important new work because of the author's access to Adm. Richard E. Byrd's just-released private papers. Previous books on the legendary polar explorer had to rely on sources subject to the admiral's vigilant censorship or the control of his heirs and friends. With this study Eugene Rodgers provides a scrupulously honest and objective account of Byrd's 1929 expedition to Antarctica. Without discrediting the expedition's success or Byrd's leadership, Rodgers shows that the admiral was not the saintly hero he and the press depicted. Nor was the expedition without its problems. Interviews with surviving members of the expedition together with a wealth of other new material indicate that Byrd, contrary to his claims, was not a good navigator--his pilots usually had to find their way by dead reckoning--and that he was not on the actual flight that discovered Marie Byrd Land. The book further reveals a crisis over drunkenness among the men (including Byrd), the admiral's fear of mutiny, and his rewriting of news stories from the pole to embellish his own image.
Download or read book Alone written by Richard E. Byrd and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harrowing and heartfelt account of an adventurer's desire to feel true peace and isolation. Richard E. Byrd chose to stay alone in the Antarctic over the long dark nights of Antarctic winter. The following story details his battle with monoxide poisoning, depression and utter despair. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book With Byrd at the Bottom of the World written by Norman D. Vaughan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Byrd at the Bottom of the World vividly recounts American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s expedition to the South Pole. From the sublime to the ridiculous, author and fellow explorer Norman D. Vaughan recalls the historic moments, practical jokes, jealousies, and affection among compatriots facing the dangers of a frozen and inhospitable continent.
Download or read book Explorer written by Lisle A. Rose and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Danger was all that thrilled him,” Dick Byrd’s mother once remarked, and from his first pioneering aviation adventures in Greenland in 1925, through his daring flights to the top and bottom of the world and across the Atlantic, Richard E. Byrd dominated the American consciousness during the tumultuous decades between the world wars. He was revered more than Charles Lindbergh, deliberately exploiting the public’s hunger for vicarious adventure. Yet some suspected him of being a poseur, and a handful reviled him as a charlatan who claimed great deeds he never really accomplished. Then he overreached himself, foolishly choosing to endure a blizzard-lashed six-month polar night alone at an advance weather observation post more than one hundred long miles down a massive Antarctic ice shelf. His ordeal proved soul-shattering, his rescue one of the great epics of polar history. As his star began to wane, enemies grew bolder, and he struggled to maintain his popularity and political influence, while polar exploration became progressively bureaucratized and militarized. Yet he chose to return again and again to the beautiful, hateful, haunted secret land at the bottom of the earth, claiming, not without justification, that he was “Mayor of this place.” Lisle A. Rose has delved into Byrd’s recently available papers together with those of his supporters and detractors to present the first complete, balanced biography of one of recent history’s most dynamic figures. Explorer covers the breadth of Byrd’s astonishing life, from the early days of naval aviation through his years of political activism to his final efforts to dominate Washington’s growing interest in Antarctica. Rose recounts with particular care Byrd’s two privately mounted South Polar expeditions, bringing to bear new research that adds considerable depth to what we already know. He offers views of Byrd’s adventures that challenge earlier criticism of him—including the controversy over his claim to being the first to have flown over the North Pole in 1926—and shows that the critics’ arguments do not always mesh with historical evidence. Throughout this compelling narrative, Rose offers a balanced view of an ambitious individual who was willing to exaggerate but always adhered to his principles—a man with a vision of himself and the world that inspired others, who cultivated the rich and famous, and who used his notoriety to espouse causes such as world peace. Explorer paints a vivid picture of a brilliant but flawed egoist, offering the definitive biography of the man and armchair adventure of the highest order.
Download or read book Footsteps on the Ice written by Stuart D. Paine and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007-06-18 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1933 Antarctica was essentially unexplored. Admiral Richard Byrd launched his Second Expedition to chart the southernmost continent, primarily relying on the muscle power of dog teams and their drivers who skied or ran beside the loaded sledges as they traveled. The life-threatening challenges of moving glaciers, invisible crevasses, and horrific storms compounded the difficulties of isolation, darkness, and the unimaginable cold that defined the men’s lives. Stuart Paine was a dog driver, radio operator, and navigator on the fifty-six-man expedition, the bold and complex venture that is now famous for Byrd’s dramatic rescue from Bolling Advance Weather Base located 115 miles inland. Paine’s diaries represent the only published contemporary account written by a member of the Second Expedition. They reveal a behind-the-scenes look at the contentiousness surrounding the planned winter rescue of Byrd and offer unprecedented insights into the expedition’s internal dynamics. Equally riveting is Paine’s breathtaking narrative of the fall and summer field operations as the field parties depended on their own resources in the face of interminable uncertainty and peril. Undertaking the longest and most hazardous sledging journey of the expedition, Paine guided the first American party from the edge of the Ross Sea more than seven hundred miles up the Ross Ice Shelf and the massive Thorne (Scott) Glacier to approach the South Pole. He and two other men skied more than fourteen hundred miles in eighty-eight days to explore and map part of Antarctica for the first time. Footsteps on the Ice reveals the daily struggles, extreme personalities, and the matter-of-fact bravery of early explorers who are now fading into history. Detailing the men’s frustrations, annoyances, and questioning of their leader, Paine’s entries provide rare insight into how Byrd conducted his expeditions. Paine exposes the stresses of living under the snow in Little America during the four-month-long winter night, trapped in dim, crowded huts and black tunnels, while the men uneasily mulled over their leader’s isolation at Advance Base. The fates of Paine’s dogs, which provided some of his most difficult and rewarding experiences, are also described—his relationship with Jack, his lead dog, is an entrancing story in itself. Featuring previously unpublished photographs and illustrations, Footsteps on the Ice documents the period in Antarctic exploration that bridged the “heroic era” and the modern age of mechanized travel. Depicting almost incomprehensible mental and physical duress and unhesitating courage, Paine’s tale is one of the most compelling stories in polar history, surpassing other accounts with its immediacy and adventure as it captures the majesty and mystery of the untouched Antarctic.
Download or read book Little America written by Richard Evelyn Byrd and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic missions, but the founding of “Little America” required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world’s end. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.
Download or read book Assault on Eternity written by Lisle A. Rose and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of U.S. Navy Antarctic Expedition, 1946-47, better known as 'Operation Highjump' which established the U.S.A. as a major Antarctic power. The expedition was headed by Richard E. Byrd.
Download or read book Rear Admiral Byrd and the Polar Expeditions written by Coram Foster and published by New York : A.L. Burt. This book was released on 1930 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an account of his life and achievements.
Download or read book Admiral Richard Byrd written by Paul Rink and published by Young Voyageur. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Byrd, survived six months alone at a tiny base in the Antarctic winter. His story is an epic of courage and an indomitable will to live.
Download or read book To the Pole written by Richard Evelyn Byrd and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While cataloging Byrd's papers in 1996, Goerler (archivist, Ohio State U.) discovered the controversial explorer's diary and notebook which he frames with maps, photographs, a chronology of Byrd's life, his 1926 North Pole navigational report, and additional readings. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Antarctica written by Richard E. Byrd and published by Marboro Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounts from the journals of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, James Cook, Edmund Hillary, Ernest Shackleton and others.
Download or read book The Missing Diary of Admiral Richard E Byrd written by Adm Richard E. Byrd and published by Inner Light - Global communications. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IS THERE A GREAT UNKNOWN LAND -- A PARADISE -- BEYOND THE POLES? DID ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORERS OF ALL TIME TRAVEL TO THIS "UNDISCOVERED CONTINENT" THAT EXISTS INSIDE THE EARTH? Said to be the great explorer's "missing journal" describing his mysterious voyage inside the earth which was never revealed to the public. Supposedly, Byrd say a great land beyond the pole that was NOT covered in ice and met beings of a super nature.
Download or read book Lichen Flora of the Antarctic Continent and Adjacent Islands written by Carroll William Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highlights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition written by Richard E. Byrd and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
Download or read book Exploring with Byrd written by Richard Evelyn Byrd and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.’s renowned expeditions, this is the comprehensive autobiography of a man who knew no limits. From his earliest days as a Navy pilot in training, to his controversial flights to the North and South Poles, his lifelong passion for exploration, and his trailblazing quests across the Antarctic continent, Admiral Byrd was a man who stared down long odds, harsh climates, and harrowing landscapes, conquering them all with bravery now immortalized in American lore and legend. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.
Download or read book Admiral Richard E Byrd s Missing Diary written by Geoff Douglas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd allegedly flew a secret mission across the frozen waters of the arctic. There, he claimed to have seen a previously unknown land with forests and even prehistoric animals. Even more incredible, he encountered flying discs from a technologically advanced civilization hidden deep within the hollow Earth. This incredible adventure is revealed in Byrd's diary which had been missing for many years. Had it been sealed away by the U.S. government in fear of the haunting message given to Byrd by the inhabitants of the hollow Earth? Or is the truth even more shocking? We now know that at the time referenced in Byrd's missing diary, he had actually been part of the Navy mission to Antarctica called Operation Highjump. This mission may have been a massive operation to uncover a secret Nazi stronghold hidden away in Antarctica...a stronghold that allegedly had a connection to Hitler's search for the entrance into the hollow Earth. This is the mystery. What is the secret of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Missing Diary? Is it government disinformation to hide Byrd's search for the last remnants of the Third Reich? Or is it a warning for the inhabitants of the surface world..."Change your warlike ways before it is too late!" Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Missing Diary is a shocking revelation of the mystery of the Hollow Earth and the possible secret origin of UFOs, which was called "The Greatest Secret Since the Manhattan Project!" A Zontar Press Book
