Exploring with Byrd : Episodes of an Adventurous Life.
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- 9781442241695
- 910.92
- G585.B8 -- .B973 2015eb
Exploring with BYRD -- CONTENTS -- I. Education of a Pilot -- II. Flight to the North Pole -- III. Fog Over Paris -- IV. Antarctic Assault -- V. Little America Is Born -- VI. Escape from the Rockefeller Mountains -- VII. Spring Preparations -- VIII. Flight to the South Pole -- IX. Eastward Beyond the Horizon -- X. Return to Antarctica -- XI. The Devil's Graveyard -- XII. Little America Regained -- XIII. A Loud and Stormy Month -- XIV. The Winter Night -- XV. The Winter Journey -- XVI. Mystery of the Strait -- XVII. Death of a City.
As the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'s renowned expeditions, this is the 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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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