Little America
Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic - The Flight to the South Pole
Byrd, Richard Evelyn (Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Ret.)
First Edition.
Ecellent work of one of the most active and successful arctic explorers ever. Byrd flew to the North Pole in 1926 and he flew over the South Pole in 1929…
Contents
Notes from a Journal
The Plan - The Preparation and the Problem
Through the Pack
We Establish a Base
The Battle to Unload
Discovery By Flight
Discovery Of a New Land to the Eastward
Incident on the Rockefeller Mountains
Winter - Blrth of a Clty
Cvilization Does Not Matter
More Plans and Preparations
The Start of the Southern Parties
The Base-Laying Flight
Flight To The South Pole
Eastward Beyond the Horizon
Death of a City
The Geological Sledge Trip
Appendix
Index
Original blue cloth binding with goden lettering
422 Seiten / pages
with 74 illustrations and maps
very good condition, some corners slightly bumped
New York - London - 1930 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Art.Nr. 2645
