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

Informationen zum Autor By Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. Klappentext American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as "Little America." Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd's Antarctic missions, but the founding of "Little America" required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world's end. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2015
• EAN: 9781442241701
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4170-1
• No. of pages: 500
• Series: Admiral Byrd Classics; Admiral Byrd Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, Antarctica, HISTORY / Polar Regions, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, Expeditions: popular accounts, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands