02987nam 2200625 450 991081479610332120170919045832.01-4422-4169-1(CKB)3710000000471132(EBL)4085938(SSID)ssj0001637638(PQKBManifestationID)16395883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001637638(PQKBWorkID)14956549(PQKB)10049889(MiAaPQ)EBC4085938(EXLCZ)99371000000047113220160129h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExploring with Byrd episodes of an adventurous life /Richard Evelyn ByrdPaperback edition.Lanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.[Place of distribution not identified] :National Book Network,[date of distribution not identified]©20151 online resource (265 p.)Admiral Byrd ClassicsDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-4168-3 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 CityAs 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.Admiral Byrd ClassicsExplorersUnited StatesDiariesAir pilots, MilitaryUnited StatesDiariesNorth PoleAerial explorationDiariesAntarcticaDiscovery and explorationAmericanPôle NordExploration aérienneJournaux intimesAntarcticafastArctic OceanNorth PolefastArctic RegionsfastUnited StatesfastExplorersAir pilots, Military910.92Byrd Richard Evelyn318831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814796103321Exploring with Byrd4115310UNINA