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Exploring with Byrd : Episodes of an Adventurous Life.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Admiral Byrd Classics SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442241695
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Exploring with ByrdDDC classification:
  • 910.92
LOC classification:
  • G585.B8 -- .B973 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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