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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797555703321

Autore

Byrd Richard Evelyn

Titolo

Exploring with Byrd : episodes of an adventurous life / / Richard Evelyn Byrd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

[Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4169-1

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Admiral Byrd Classics

Disciplina

910.92

Soggetti

Explorers - United States

Air pilots, Military - United States

North Pole Aerial exploration Diaries

Antarctica Discovery and exploration American

Pôle Nord Exploration aérienne Journaux intimes

Antarctica

Arctic Ocean North Pole

Arctic Regions

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.