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Book Highlights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition

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.

Book Discovery

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2015-05-15
  • ISBN : 1442241675
  • Pages : 477 pages

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.

Book Beyond the Barrier

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  • Author : Eugene Rodgers
  • Publisher : Naval Institute Press
  • Release : 2012-04-15
  • ISBN : 1612511880
  • Pages : 589 pages

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.

Book With Byrd at the Bottom of the World

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.

Book Little America

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2015-05-15
  • ISBN : 1442241713
  • Pages : 500 pages

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.

Book Highlights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Download or read book Highlights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition written by Tide Water Oil Company and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Alone

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  • Author : Richard E. Byrd
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011-08
  • ISBN : 9781447424109
  • Pages : 340 pages

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.

Book Antarctica

Download or read book Antarctica written by Charles Neider and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lichen Flora of the Antarctic Continent and Adjacent Islands

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:

Book To the Pole

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

Book Exploring with Byrd

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2015-05-15
  • ISBN : 1442241691
  • Pages : 265 pages

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.

Book Assault on Eternity

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.

Book Admiral Richard Byrd

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.

Book Operation Highjump

Download or read book Operation Highjump written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving on Admiral Byrd's team for the Antarctic Expedition at the end of WW II was a privilege that only a handful of sailors would enjoy. Experience first hand, through the eyes of 19 year old Dick Miller, the daily events aboard the S.S. Pine Island. The harsh conditions, the dangerous missions, the fun and friendships that occurred kept these men on their toes!

Book The South Pole

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roald Amundsen
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2023-12-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 543 pages

Download or read book The South Pole written by Roald Amundsen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Pole is a book by Roald Amundsen and it represents an interesting first-hand account of the Norwegian expedition's successful attempt to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen spends a great deal of time talking about logistics and placing of depots in preparation for his polar attempt all the way from the preparation leading up to the initial sea voyage, the voyage itself and then the establishing of a camp at the Antarctic. Although they were lucky with the weather, and Amundsen attributed the success of the expedition to "good luck", it is obvious that the Norwegian expedition was well prepared and ready for the troubles ahead; the equipment, the sledges with well-trained dogs, the supply depots with seal meat at regular intervals along the route, the sunglasses to avoid snow blindness; it was all thought of in advance.

Book The Missing Diary of Admiral Richard E  Byrd

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.

Book Eagle on Ice

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  • Author : Patricia Potter Wilson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780533159550
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Eagle on Ice written by Patricia Potter Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable story that focuses on the 1928-1930 adventures of nineteen-year-old Paul Siple, the Eagle Scout selected to go on Commander Richard E. Byrd's first expedition to Antarctica.