Discovery
The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2015
Summary
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.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2015
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-4166-4
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-4167-1
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 405
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- CONTENTS No access
- Introduction No access
- I. Plan and Preparation No access Pages 1 - 26
- II. The First Thrust No access Pages 27 - 41
- III. The Devil's Graveyard No access Pages 42 - 59
- IV. Little America Regained No access Pages 60 - 75
- V. The White Nightmare No access Pages 76 - 93
- VI. Again to the Eastward No access Pages 94 - 112
- VII. The Boom City No access Pages 113 - 131
- VIII. A Loud and Stormy Month No access Pages 132 - 150
- IX. Fall Journeys No access Pages 151 - 169
- X. Underground No access Pages 170 - 190
- XI. The Lunatic Fringe No access Pages 191 - 216
- XII. Night Journey No access Pages 217 - 247
- XIII. The Spring Campaign No access Pages 248 - 273
- XIV. Past the Rim of Discovery No access Pages 274 - 296
- XV. Again the Doughty Tractors No access Pages 297 - 319
- XVI. New Lands No access Pages 320 - 348
- XVII. The Long Sledge Journey No access Pages 349 - 371
- XVIII. The Ships Arrive No access Pages 372 - 384
- Notes on the Maps and Surveys No access Pages 385 - 392
- Appendix No access Pages 393 - 396
- Index No access Pages 397 - 405





