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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972008103321

Autore

Byrd Richard Evelyn

Titolo

Alone : the classic polar adventure

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2003

ISBN

1-59726-891-7

Edizione

[50th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages)

Disciplina

919.8/904

Soggetti

Solitude

Geography

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Discovery & Exploration

Antarctica Discovery and exploration American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1933: The Idea -- March: The Decision -- April I: God of 2.5 -- II: The Night -- May I: The Intimation -- II: The Blow -- June I: Despair -- II: The Struggle -- III. The Proposal -- July I: Cold -- II: The Tractors -- August: The Searchlight -- Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

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.