When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was already an international hero for having piloted the first flights over the North and South Poles. His plan for this latest adventure was to spend six months alone near the bottom of the world, gathering weather data and indulging his desire “to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are.” But early on things went terribly wrong. Isolated in the pervasive polar night with no hope of release until spring, Byrd began suffering inexplicable symptoms of mental and physical illness. By the time he discovered that carbon monoxide from a defective stovepipe was poisoning him, Byrd was already engaged in a monumental struggle to save his life and preserve his sanity.  When Alone was first published in 1938, it became an enormous bestseller. This edition keeps alive Byrd’s unforgettable narrative for new generations of readers.

Alone

History

BYRD, Richard Evelyn

Arctic & Antarctica

G.P.Putnam's Sons

<p>1930. With 74 illustrations and maps. If only by virtue of his having stood over both Poles, Admiral Byrd stands apart from all living men. Only one other man of the thousands who strived attained this remote distinction-Amundsen, his friend; and Amundsen is dead. Byrd, now only 41, has capped a lifetime of amazingly productive geographical research by flying over the South Pole. In itself, this flight was the most spectacular thing of the year. But in his larger sphere of action, it took its place as a single phase of a thrilling series of operations on the southern polar continent. Little America is the story of the Byrd Antarctic expedition as told for the first time by its leader. It is a narrative of action and at the same time a record of brilliant scientific achievement. It is, essentially, the story of men who brought their own civilization to a Godforsaken hunk of ice and created on it one of the most extraordinary communities the world has seen. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.</p>

Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole

World

1928. Man's mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America's leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures, his North Pole and Transatlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air. Illustrated.

Skyward 1928

Biographies & Memoirs

Moffett, William A.

Historical

Kessinger Pub Co

A Guide to Personal Risk Taking

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Amacom Books

Discovery;: The story of the second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Books For Libraries Press

Book by Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Cook, James, Hillary, Ed, Shackl

Antarctica

Cook, JameS

Hillary, Ed

Shackl

Marboro Books

Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Rear Admiral U.S.N., Ret. Introduction by Claude A. Swanso

Discovery: The Story Of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Literary Licensing, LLC

1930. With 74 illustrations and maps. If only by virtue of his having stood over both Poles, Admiral Byrd stands apart from all living men. Only one other man of the thousands who strived attained this remote distinction-Amundsen, his friend; and Amundsen is dead. Byrd, now only 41, has capped a lifetime of amazingly productive geographical research by flying over the South Pole. In itself, this flight was the most spectacular thing of the year. But in his larger sphere of action, it took its place as a single phase of a thrilling series of operations on the southern polar continent. Little America is the story of the Byrd Antarctic expedition as told for the first time by its leader. It is a narrative of action and at the same time a record of brilliant scientific achievement. It is, essentially, the story of men who brought their own civilization to a Godforsaken hunk of ice and created on it one of the most extraordinary communities the world has seen. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Little America: Aerial Exploration In The Antarctic The Flight To The South Pole

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